Historical Events In 1876

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

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

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   William Gillies Whittaker, composer in the year 1876.  

Jul 24   Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1876.  

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

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

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   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   Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's in the year 1876.  

Aug 05   Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) on this day in history.  

Aug 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1876.  

Aug 08   In the year 1876 thomas Edison patents mimeograph  

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

Aug 12   On this day in history madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup  

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

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

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

Aug 14   Prairie View State University forms on this day in history.  

Aug 15   In the year 1876 aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist  

Aug 15   US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find in the year 1876.  

Aug 16   In the year 1876 opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth  

Aug 16   The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth) in the year 1876.  

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

Aug 17   Opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth on this day in history.  

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

Aug 24   In the year 1876 riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed  

Aug 29   Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1876.  

Jan 03   Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60) was born in the year 1876.  

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

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

Jan 15   In the year 1876 death of eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)  

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 in the year 1876.  

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