Page 6: Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 17   On this day in history maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat   

Jul 20   On this day in history 1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins   

Jul 23   In the year 1876 william Gillies Whittaker, composer   

Jul 24   On this day in history thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 26   Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) in the year 1876.   

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

Jul 31   In the year 1876 uS Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)   

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

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   On this day in history mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)   

Aug 07   The birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy on this day in history.   

Aug 08   In the year 1876 dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m   

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   Off Newport Rhode Island, the US yacht Madeleine beats the Countess Dufferin from Toronto in two straight heats in the 4th America's Cup on this day in history.   

Aug 13   In the year 1876 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   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   On this day in history opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth   

Aug 16   In the year 1876 the opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)   

Aug 17   Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) in the year 1876.   

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   On this day in history riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed   

Aug 29   On this day in history charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)   

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

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

Jan 15   Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810) died in the year 1876.   

Feb 03   Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 21   In the year 1876 henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 24   Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 in the year 1876.