Historical Events In 1877

Jul 06   On this day in history david Stanley Smith, composer  

Jul 09   In the year 1877 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held  

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

Jul 10   In the year 1877 the then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.  

Jul 13   Karl Erb, German tenor on this day in history.  

Jul 13   On this day in history wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65  

Jul 14   In the year 1877 general strike brings US railroad to a stand still  

Jul 16   Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) on this day in history.  

Jul 19   1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64) in the year 1877.  

Jul 19   On this day in history the first Wimbledon tennis championships held  

Jul 20   On this day in history military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9  

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   In the year 1877 the first telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed  

Jul 23   On this day in history the first US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations  

Jul 24   1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers in the year 1877.  

Jul 24   In the year 1877 the first time federal troops are used to combat strikers  

Jul 26   Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 01   SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes in the year 1877.  

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

Aug 03   In the year 1877 karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75  

Aug 05   On this day in history henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo  

Aug 10   Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians in the year 1877.  

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   Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance in the year 1877.  

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

Aug 11   Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos on this day in history.  

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

Aug 12   On this day in history thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device  

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

Aug 16   On this day in history karl L Hoschna, composer  

Aug 17   In the year 1877 asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos  

Aug 22   Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park in the year 1877.  

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Jan 02   Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) was born in the year 1877.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera)  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1877 birth of frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test)  

Jan 17   Hans Jelmoli, composer was born in the year 1877.  

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   In the year 1877 death of alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)  

Jan 11   Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1877.  

Jan 24   On this day in history death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)  

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

Mar 04   Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42 in the year 1877.  

Mar 09   Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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