Historical Events In 1877

Aug 25   Joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 29   In the year 1877 alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II)  

Aug 29   Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies in the year 1877.  

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

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   In the year 1877 o W Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher  

Sep 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 10   Georgia B D Camp Johnson, US, poet/playwright (Autumn Love Cycle) in the year 1877.  

Sep 11   Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB) in the year 1877.  

Sep 11   Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen in the year 1877.  

Sep 11   The birth of James Jeans, British mathematician in the year 1877.  

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

Sep 12   Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre) in the year 1877.  

Sep 16   James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) on this day in history.  

Sep 17   On this day in history jean Hure, composer  

Sep 17   William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1877 jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow)  

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

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

Sep 23   Hurricane strikes Curacao & Bonaire kills 200 in the year 1877.  

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

Sep 24   In the year 1877 battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion  

Sep 25   In the year 1877 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   In the year 1877 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)  

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

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

Oct 04   Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexico, revolutionary rebel [or 6/25] in the year 1877.  

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Jan 02   Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 15   Lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   May Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 01   In the year 1877 joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71  

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 on this day in history.  

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