Page 7: Historical Events In 1876

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).   

Oct 23   New Orleans Mint reopens as an assay office   

Oct 26   President sends federal troops to SC   

Oct 27   Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train)   

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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,