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   1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins on this day in history.  

Jul 23   In the year 1876 william Gillies Whittaker, composer  

Jul 24   In the year 1876 thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66  

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

Jul 29   On this day in history maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge)  

Jul 31   US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA) in the year 1876.  

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   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   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   The birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy in the year 1876.  

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

Aug 08   Thomas Edison patents mimeograph on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 12   On this day in history mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)  

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

Aug 14   On this day in history alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)  

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

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

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

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

Aug 24   Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed in the year 1876.  

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   In the year 1876 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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 03   In the year 1876 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   On this day in history henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70  

Feb 24   On this day in history jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67