Historical Events In 1877

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

Jul 06   In the year 1877 david Stanley Smith, composer  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 13   On this day in history karl Erb, German tenor  

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   On this day in history béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1877 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   On this day in history 1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations  

Jul 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1877 the first time federal troops are used to combat strikers  

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

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

Aug 01   On this day in history sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes  

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   Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo in the year 1877.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 10   Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance on this day in history.  

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 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   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   Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos in the year 1877.  

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

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   On this day in history birth of frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)  

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

Jan 15   In the year 1877 birth of lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test)  

Jan 17   In the year 1877 birth of hans Jelmoli, composer  

Jan 17   In the year 1877 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   Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799) died in the year 1877.  

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

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