Page 4: Historical Events In 1877

May 12   Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia.   

May 13   Caesar Franck's "Lesson Eolides," premieres.   

May 14   John Roberts, composer, dies at 54.   

May 16   May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.   

May 17   Edwin T Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm.   

May 17   Edwin T Holmes installs inaugural telephone switchboard burglar alarm.   

May 22   In this year, 3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden claims in 2:38.   

May 24   In this year, 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook claims in 2:45.5.   

May 25   Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale)   

May 26   Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer.   

May 29   John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63   

Jun 01   Society of American Artists forms.   

Jun 01   US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico   

Jun 03   Frank Pocock, British explorer, drowned in the Congo.   

Jun 03   Raoul Dufy, France, Fauvist painter (Palm)   

Jun 04   Heinrich Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927).   

Jun 05   Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch socialist minister (1939-45).   

Jun 06   Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca and chief Standing Bear, dies   

Jun 07   Winand C H Staring, geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68   

Jun 09   In this year, 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook claims in 2:46   

Jun 09   Rudolf Borchardt, writer.   

Jun 12   Thomas C Hart, US admiral (Asiatic fleet)   

Jun 15   Henry O Flipper is recorded as becoming 1st black graduate at West Point   

Jun 15   Henry O Flipper is recorded as becoming inaugural black graduate at West Point.   

Jun 17   Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon   

Jun 18   James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator ("I want you" Uncle Sam).   

Jun 19   Charles Coburn, Macon Ga, actor (Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes).   

Jun 21   The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons.   

Jun 23   Blair Fairchild, composer.   

Jun 24   Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren)   

Jul 01   1st edition of "Amsterdammer" published.   

Jul 02   Herman Hesse, German novelist is born   

Jul 02   Hermann Hesse, Switzerland, novelist/poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946).   

Jul 05   Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne)   

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Jan 02   Slava raskaj: Croatian painter    

Jan 04   Gibson gowland: England, actor (blind husbands, phantom of the opera)   

Jan 07   Johannes f buziau: Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)   

Jan 10   Frederick gardner cottrell: Inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)   

Jan 12   Frank j. corr: American politician    

Jan 15   Lewis m terman: Ind, psychologist (developed stanford-binet iq test)   

Jan 17   Hans jelmoli: Composer   

Jan 17   May gibbs: Australian children's author    

Jan 04   Cornelius vanderbilt: Us robber baron,   

Jan 09   Alexander brullov: Russia painter (b. 1799)   

Jan 11   Pietro romani: Composer,   

Jan 24   Johann christian poggendorff: German physicist (b. 1796)   

Feb 01   Joseph-leon gatayes: Composer,    

Mar 04   Hendrik e van rijgersma: Dutch governor (st maarten),   

Mar 09   Mark prager lindo: English/dutch author (neth spectator),    

Mar 12   Crystobal oudrid y segura: Composer,