Historical Events In 1877

Jul 06   David Stanley Smith, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history karl Erb, German tenor  

Jul 13   In the year 1877 wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65  

Jul 14   General strike brings US railroad to a stand still on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jul 20   Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 in the year 1877.  

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

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

Jul 23   The first telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed on this day in history.  

Jul 23   The first US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations in the year 1877.  

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

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

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

Aug 01   Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on this day in history.  

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   Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Aug 05   In the year 1877 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 10   In the year 1877 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.  

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

Aug 11   In the year 1877 adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d.1954)  

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

Aug 12   James Drummond, historical painter, dies in the year 1877.  

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

Aug 12   In the year 1877 thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device  

Aug 16   In the year 1877 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 07   In the year 1877 birth of johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)  

Jan 10   Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 15   Lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test) was born in the year 1877.  

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   Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 in the year 1877.  

Jan 09   In the year 1877 death of alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)  

Jan 11   Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 01   In the year 1877 joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71  

Mar 04   On this day in history hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42  

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

Mar 12   On this day in history crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52