Historical Events In 1877

Aug 22   Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park on this day in history.  

Aug 25   In the year 1877 joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train)  

Aug 27   Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) in the year 1877.  

Aug 29   In the year 1877 alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II)  

Aug 29   In the year 1877 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   Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Sep 05   Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27 in the year 1877.  

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

Sep 05   In the year 1877 southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas  

Sep 06   On this day in history petar Stojanovic, composer  

Sep 09   Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance on this day in history.  

Sep 10   On this day in history georgia B D Camp Johnson, US, poet/playwright (Autumn Love Cycle)  

Sep 11   Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB) in the year 1877.  

Sep 11   Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen in the year 1877.  

Sep 11   In the year 1877 the birth of James Jeans, British mathematician  

Sep 12   Julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1877.  

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

Sep 16   On this day in history james J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe)  

Sep 17   On this day in history jean Hure, composer  

Sep 17   William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Sep 18   On this day in history jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow)  

Sep 20   Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer in the year 1877.  

Sep 20   In the year 1877 chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)  

Sep 23   In the year 1877 hurricane strikes Curacao & Bonaire kills 200  

Sep 23   On this day in history urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies  

Sep 24   On this day in history battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion  

Sep 25   On this day in history plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28)  

Sep 26   In the year 1877 alfred Cortot, French pianist  

Sep 27   On this day in history john Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti  

Sep 28   Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)  

Sep 30   First US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle in the year 1877.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1877.  

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   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   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   In the year 1877 mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58  

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