Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   On this day in history aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82  

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

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   In the year 1876 william Gillies Whittaker, composer  

Jul 24   Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 29   In the year 1876 maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge)  

Jul 31   US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA) on this day in history.  

Aug 01   Colorado becomes 38th state in the year 1876.  

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

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

Aug 02   In the year 1876 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   In the year 1876 mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)  

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

Aug 07   On this day in history the birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy  

Aug 08   Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m in the year 1876.  

Aug 08   Thomas Edison patents mimeograph in the year 1876.  

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

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

Aug 12   In the year 1876 mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)  

Aug 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified  

Aug 14   Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 15   Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist on this day in history.  

Aug 15   In the year 1876 uS law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find  

Aug 16   Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth in the year 1876.  

Aug 16   The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 17   On this day in history opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth  

Aug 19   George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

Aug 24   Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) in the year 1876.  

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Jan 01   Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)  

Jan 03   Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1876 birth of konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of hans Bethge, writer  

Jan 10   Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 11   Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971) was born in the year 1876.  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history death of samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)  

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

Jan 15   Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810) died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 10   Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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