Page 6: 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 on this day in history.   

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 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   In the year 1876 ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)   

Jul 29   Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 01   On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state   

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   Wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot on this day in history.   

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) 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   On this day in history 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   Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton) in the year 1876.   

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   In the year 1876 reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified   

Aug 14   Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34) in the year 1876.   

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

Aug 15   Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist on this day in history.   

Aug 15   In the year 1876 uS law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find   

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

Aug 16   On this day in history the opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)   

Aug 17   In the year 1876 eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33)   

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

Aug 19   In the year 1876 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   Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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