Historical Events In 1877

Aug 25   On this day in history joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train)  

Aug 27   On this day in history charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd)  

Aug 29   Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) in the year 1877.  

Aug 29   Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT on this day in history.  

Sep 03   On this day in history adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80  

Sep 05   On this day in history crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27  

Sep 05   O W Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher on this day in history.  

Sep 05   In the year 1877 southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas  

Sep 06   On this day in history petar Stojanovic, composer  

Sep 09   Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance in the year 1877.  

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

Sep 11   In the year 1877 feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB)  

Sep 11   In the year 1877 rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen  

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

Sep 12   On this day in history julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64  

Sep 12   Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 17   On this day in history jean Hure, composer  

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

Sep 18   Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow) in the year 1877.  

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

Sep 20   In the year 1877 chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)  

Sep 23   In the year 1877 hurricane strikes Curacao & Bonaire kills 200  

Sep 23   Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies in the year 1877.  

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

Sep 25   On this day in history plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28)  

Sep 26   Alfred Cortot, French pianist in the year 1877.  

Sep 27   In the year 1877 john Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti  

Sep 28   Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 30   On this day in history first US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)  

Sep 30   On this day in history toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle  

Oct 04   In the year 1877 pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexico, revolutionary rebel [or 6/25]  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)  

Jan 04   In the year 1877 birth of gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera)  

Jan 07   Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)  

Jan 15   Lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of hans Jelmoli, composer  

Jan 17   In the year 1877 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   Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799) died on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85  

Jan 24   On this day in history death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)  

Feb 01   Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1877.  

Mar 04   In the year 1877 hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42  

Mar 09   Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 in the year 1877.  

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