Historical Events In 1876

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

Jul 15   On this day in history baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford  

Jul 17   Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat on this day in history.  

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

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   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   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   In the year 1876 wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot  

Aug 02   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 05   In the year 1876 mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Thomas Edison patents mimeograph in the year 1876.  

Aug 10   1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada on this day in history.  

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

Aug 12   Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 14   In the year 1876 alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)  

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

Aug 15   On this day in history aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist  

Aug 15   US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find on this day in history.  

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

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   Opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth in the year 1876.  

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

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

Jan 01   Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1876 birth of wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)  

Jan 05   Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) was born in the year 1876.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of william Yeates Hurlstone, composer  

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

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

Jan 11   Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1876 death of samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)  

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1876.  

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