Page 5: Historical Events In 1877

Jul 05   Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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) 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   The first Wimbledon tennis championships held in the year 1877.   

Jul 20   In the year 1877 military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9   

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

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   In the year 1877 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers   

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

Jul 26   In the year 1877 hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)   

Aug 01   On this day in history charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)   

Aug 01   In the year 1877 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

Aug 02   SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 11   On this day in history asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos   

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   In the year 1877 karl L Hoschna, composer   

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 in the year 1877.   

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

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of hans Jelmoli, composer   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of may Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969)   

Jan 04   In the year 1877 cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82   

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

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   Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1877.   

Mar 12   Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1877.