Page 7: Historical Events In 1876

Aug 31   Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.   

Sep 03   Felix, cricketer (legendary All-England player), dies   

Sep 06   John J R Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923)   

Sep 06   Race riot in Charleston SC   

Sep 06   Southern Pacific line from LA to SF completed   

Sep 07   Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)   

Sep 09   American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle   

Sep 11   Alfonso Broqua, composer.   

Sep 12   Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter).   

Sep 12   King Leopold II opens Congo-conference   

Sep 13   Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, author/publisher (Winesburg)   

Sep 14   Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Rwanda   

Sep 15   Bruno Walter, [B W Schlesinger], Berlin Germany, conductor (NY Phil)   

Sep 17   Race riots in SC   

Sep 18   Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Pesme).   

Sep 19   1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich)   

Sep 20   Ottawa Football Club forms   

Sep 23   Ottawa Rough Riders play their 1st game   

Sep 25   A Glabbrenner, writer, dies at 66.   

Sep 26   1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux)   

Sep 26   C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer (S Afr lefty all-rounder 1896-1912).   

Sep 30   Katherine Griffith, SF CA, actress (Pollyanna, Fast Company)   

Oct 01   Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77   

Oct 06   American Library Association organized in Philadelphia.   

Oct 09   1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires   

Oct 09   The inaugural 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires   

Oct 10   Walter Niemann, composer.   

Oct 11   G von Le Fort, writer   

Oct 16   Race riot at Cainhoy SC (5 whites and 1 black killed)   

Oct 17   Henry Morton Stanley's reaches Lualaba River   

Oct 18   Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85.   

Oct 19   Mordecai (3 finger) Brown, hall of fame pitcher   

Oct 20   Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68.   

Oct 22   Karl B Adam, German theologist (Christ our Brother).   

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Jan 01   Johan c altorf: Sculptor (october 3rd monument)   

Jan 01   Harriet brooks: Canadian physicist   

Jan 03   Wilhelm pieck: Co-founder german communist party/pres (1949-60)   

Jan 05   Konrad adenauer: Cologne germany, chancellor of germany (brd, 1949)   

Jan 07   William yeates hurlstone: Composer   

Jan 09   Hans bethge: Writer   

Jan 10   Johannes w "jan" eisenloeffel: Dutch goldsmith   

Jan 11   Elmer flick: American baseball player   

Jan 07   Juste olivier: Swiss poet (b. 1807)   

Jan 09   Samuel gridley howe: American abolitionist (b. 1801)   

Jan 10   Charles eh de coussemaker: Belgian musicologist/historian,    

Jan 15   Eliza johnson: U.s. first lady (b. 1810)   

Feb 03   Gino capponi: Italian marquis/literary/premier of toscane,   

Feb 10   Johan august soderman: Composer,    

Feb 21   Henry john gauntlett: Composer,   

Feb 24   Jan pieter heije: Dutch physician/writer/poet,