Historical Events In 1877

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

Aug 25   Joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train) on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT in the year 1877.  

Sep 03   On this day in history adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80  

Sep 05   Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

Sep 05   O W Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher on this day in history.  

Sep 05   Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Petar Stojanovic, composer in the year 1877.  

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   On this day in history feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB)  

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

Sep 11   The birth of James Jeans, British mathematician in the year 1877.  

Sep 12   In the year 1877 julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64  

Sep 12   Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre) on this day in history.  

Sep 16   In the year 1877 james J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe)  

Sep 17   In the year 1877 jean Hure, composer  

Sep 17   William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 in the year 1877.  

Sep 18   Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow) in the year 1877.  

Sep 20   On this day in history armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer  

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

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

Sep 23   In the year 1877 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   John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti in the year 1877.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)  

Jan 04   Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   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   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   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 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 in the year 1877.