Historical Events In 1876

May 07   Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

May 08   Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on this day in history.  

May 10   Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia on this day in history.  

May 10   On this day in history ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)  

May 12   Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria in the year 1876.  

May 12   On this day in history henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63  

May 13   In the year 1876 amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens  

May 13   Raoul Laparra, composer in the year 1876.  

May 15   On this day in history 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38.25  

May 17   7th US Cavalry under Custer leaves Fort Lincoln on this day in history.  

May 17   7th US Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft Lincoln in the year 1876.  

May 17   On this day in history alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist  

May 19   In the year 1876 guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74  

May 20   Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old in the year 1876.  

May 20   John Owen Jones, composer on this day in history.  

May 23   On this day in history 1st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston)  

May 24   On this day in history henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46  

May 25   1st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14) on this day in history.  

May 26   On this day in history frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77  

May 26   HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration in the year 1876.  

May 26   In the year 1876 jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion  

May 27   Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies on this day in history.  

May 30   On this day in history ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.  

Jun 01   Christo Botew, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 02   Hakon Borresen, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 02   Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina on this day in history.  

Jun 03   On this day in history lacrosse introduced in Britain & Canada  

Jun 04   An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City in the year 1876.  

Jun 04   Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test S Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9) in the year 1876.  

Jun 05   On this day in history bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila  

Jun 07   George Sand, writer, dies at 71 in the year 1876.  

Jun 08   On this day in history george Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71  

Jun 10   On this day in history 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40.5  

Jun 11   On this day in history alfred L Kroeber, Hoboken NJ, author (Anthropologist looks at History)  

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Jan 01   In the year 1876 birth of johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument)  

Jan 01   In the year 1876 birth of harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)  

Jan 03   Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60) was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 05   Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   William Yeates Hurlstone, composer was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 09   Hans Bethge, writer was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 10   In the year 1876 birth of johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)  

Jan 07   Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807) died in the year 1876.  

Jan 09   Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1876 charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70  

Jan 15   On this day in history death of eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)  

Feb 03   On this day in history gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83  

Feb 10   On this day in history johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43  

Feb 21   On this day in history henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70  

Feb 24   Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on this day in history.