Historical Events In 1877

Jul 05   Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) in the year 1877.  

Jul 06   David Stanley Smith, composer in the year 1877.  

Jul 09   On this day in history 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held  

Jul 09   In the year 1877 the All-England Croquet Club at Wimbledon staged the world's first lawn tennis championship on  

Jul 10   The then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain on this day in history.  

Jul 13   Karl Erb, German tenor in the year 1877.  

Jul 13   Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65 in the year 1877.  

Jul 14   General strike brings US railroad to a stand still in the year 1877.  

Jul 16   Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) in the year 1877.  

Jul 19   1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64) on this day in history.  

Jul 19   The first Wimbledon tennis championships held in the year 1877.  

Jul 20   Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 on this day in history.  

Jul 21   On this day in history -27] US army breaks railroad strike  

Jul 23   1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations on this day in history.  

Jul 23   The first telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed in the year 1877.  

Jul 23   In the year 1877 the first US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations  

Jul 24   1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers on this day in history.  

Jul 24   On this day in history the first time federal troops are used to combat strikers  

Jul 26   On this day in history hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)  

Aug 01   In the year 1877 charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)  

Aug 01   SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.  

Aug 02   In the year 1877 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes  

Aug 03   On this day in history karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75  

Aug 05   In the year 1877 henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo  

Aug 10   On this day in history big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians  

Aug 10   First use of the telephone to dispatch trains. This was at the Caledonia Mine at Glace Bay on the Sydney Mines Railway. One of the owners was Gardiner G. Hubbard who was the father in law of Alexander Graham Bell who installed two telephones to control train movements in the year 1877.  

Aug 10   On this day in history rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance  

Aug 11   On this day in history adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d.1954)  

Aug 11   Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos in the year 1877.  

Aug 12   On this day in history james Drummond, historical painter, dies  

Aug 12   Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device in the year 1877.  

Aug 16   Karl L Hoschna, composer in the year 1877.  

Aug 17   On this day in history asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos  

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Jan 02   In the year 1877 birth of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)  

Jan 04   Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 10   Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)  

Jan 15   Lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Hans Jelmoli, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   In the year 1877 birth of may Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969)  

Jan 04   On this day in history cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82  

Jan 09   Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799) died in the year 1877.  

Jan 11   On this day in history pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85  

Jan 24   Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) died in the year 1877.  

Feb 01   On this day in history joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71  

Mar 04   In the year 1877 hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42  

Mar 09   In the year 1877 mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58  

Mar 12   In the year 1877 crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52