Historical Events In 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1877.  

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

Jul 13   In the year 1877 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   In the year 1877 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64)  

Jul 19   The first Wimbledon tennis championships held on this day in history.  

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

Jul 21   In the year 1877 -27] US army breaks railroad strike  

Jul 23   In the year 1877 1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations  

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

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

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

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

Aug 03   Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1877.  

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

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   James Drummond, historical painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

Aug 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1877 birth of gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera)  

Jan 07   Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1877 birth of frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)  

Jan 12   Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934) was born in the year 1877.  

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   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   In the year 1877 death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)  

Feb 01   Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 09   Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 in the year 1877.  

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