Historical Events In 1877

Aug 22   On this day in history nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park  

Aug 25   On this day in history joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train)  

Aug 27   Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) in the year 1877.  

Aug 29   On this day in history brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies  

Aug 29   Mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT on this day in history.  

Sep 03   In the year 1877 adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80  

Sep 05   In the year 1877 crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27  

Sep 05   On this day in history o W Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher  

Sep 05   On this day in history southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas  

Sep 06   On this day in history petar Stojanovic, composer  

Sep 09   In the year 1877 frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance  

Sep 10   Georgia B D Camp Johnson, US, poet/playwright (Autumn Love Cycle) in the year 1877.  

Sep 11   In the year 1877 feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB)  

Sep 11   Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen on this day in history.  

Sep 11   The birth of James Jeans, British mathematician on this day in history.  

Sep 12   On this day in history julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64  

Sep 12   In the year 1877 maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre)  

Sep 16   James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) on this day in history.  

Sep 17   Jean Hure, composer in the year 1877.  

Sep 17   On this day in history william Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77  

Sep 18   In the year 1877 jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow)  

Sep 20   In the year 1877 armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer  

Sep 20   Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan) on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Hurricane strikes Curacao & Bonaire kills 200 on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion in the year 1877.  

Sep 25   In the year 1877 plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28)  

Sep 26   Alfred Cortot, French pianist in the year 1877.  

Sep 27   John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona) in the year 1877.  

Sep 30   1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club) in the year 1877.  

Sep 30   On this day in history first US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)  

Sep 30   On this day in history toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle  

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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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   May Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

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   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   Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.