Page 6: Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 in the year 1876.   

Jul 15   Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford in the year 1876.   

Jul 17   In the year 1876 maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat   

Jul 20   In the year 1876 1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins   

Jul 23   William Gillies Whittaker, composer in the year 1876.   

Jul 24   In the year 1876 thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 26   On this day in history ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)   

Jul 29   Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge) in the year 1876.   

Jul 31   On this day in history uS Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)   

Aug 01   On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state   

Aug 01   On this day in history wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

Aug 02   On this day in history wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot   

Aug 02   On this day in history wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

Aug 05   Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) in the year 1876.   

Aug 07   In the year 1876 mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)   

Aug 07   The birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy in the year 1876.   

Aug 08   Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m on this day in history.   

Aug 08   On this day in history thomas Edison patents mimeograph   

Aug 10   1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada in the year 1876.   

Aug 12   Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup in the year 1876.   

Aug 12   On this day in history mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)   

Aug 12   In the year 1876 off Newport Rhode Island, the US yacht Madeleine beats the Countess Dufferin from Toronto in two straight heats in the 4th America's Cup.   

Aug 13   Reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified in the year 1876.   

Aug 14   On this day in history alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)   

Aug 14   Prairie View State University forms in the year 1876.   

Aug 15   Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist in the year 1876.   

Aug 15   On this day in history uS law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find   

Aug 16   Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth on this day in history.   

Aug 16   On this day in history the opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)   

Aug 17   Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1876 opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth   

Aug 19   George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36 in the year 1876.   

Aug 24   Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed in the year 1876.   

Aug 29   In the year 1876 charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

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Jan 01   Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument) was born in the year 1876.   

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   On this day in history birth of konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)   

Jan 07   In the year 1876 birth of william Yeates Hurlstone, composer   

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   On this day in history death of juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807)   

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

Jan 10   Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 03   In the year 1876 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   Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 24   In the year 1876 jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67