Historical Events In 1877

Aug 22   Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park on this day in history.  

Aug 25   In the year 1877 joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train)  

Aug 27   Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) on this day in history.  

Aug 29   On this day in history alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II)  

Aug 29   On this day in history brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies  

Aug 29   Mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT in the year 1877.  

Sep 03   In the year 1877 adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80  

Sep 05   Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27 in the year 1877.  

Sep 05   On this day in history o W Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher  

Sep 05   Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Petar Stojanovic, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 09   Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance on this day in history.  

Sep 10   Georgia B D Camp Johnson, US, poet/playwright (Autumn Love Cycle) on this day in history.  

Sep 11   On this day in history feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB)  

Sep 11   Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen on this day in history.  

Sep 11   The birth of James Jeans, British mathematician on this day in history.  

Sep 12   Julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Sep 12   On this day in history maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre)  

Sep 16   In the year 1877 james J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe)  

Sep 17   Jean Hure, composer in the year 1877.  

Sep 17   William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 in the year 1877.  

Sep 18   On this day in history jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow)  

Sep 20   On this day in history armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer  

Sep 20   Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan) on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Hurricane strikes Curacao & Bonaire kills 200 on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion on this day in history.  

Sep 25   Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28) in the year 1877.  

Sep 26   On this day in history alfred Cortot, French pianist  

Sep 27   John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti in the year 1877.  

Sep 28   Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona) in the year 1877.  

Sep 30   1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   In the year 1877 first US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)  

Sep 30   Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 04   Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)  

Jan 10   In the year 1877 birth of frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)  

Jan 12   In the year 1877 birth of frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)  

Jan 15   In the year 1877 birth of lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test)  

Jan 17   Hans Jelmoli, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of may Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969)  

Jan 04   Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 in the year 1877.  

Jan 09   On this day in history death of alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)  

Jan 11   Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) died in the year 1877.  

Feb 01   Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 04   On this day in history hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42  

Mar 09   On this day in history mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58  

Mar 12   Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.