Page 6: Historical Events In 1876

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

Jul 15   In the year 1876 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   1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins in the year 1876.   

Jul 23   On this day in history william Gillies Whittaker, composer   

Jul 24   On this day in history 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   US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA) in the year 1876.   

Aug 01   In the year 1876 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   Wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot in the year 1876.   

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

Aug 08   On this day in history dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m   

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   On this day in history madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup   

Aug 12   On this day in history 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   In the year 1876 alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)   

Aug 14   On this day in history prairie View State University forms   

Aug 15   In the year 1876 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   The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth) in the year 1876.   

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

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

Aug 19   On this day in history george Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36   

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

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

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

Jan 09   Hans Bethge, writer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1876.   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1876 johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43   

Feb 21   Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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