Page 7: Historical Events In 1877

Oct 04   On this day in history pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexico, revolutionary rebel [or 6/25]   

Oct 05   On this day in history chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War   

Oct 05   On this day in history chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perc‚ War   

Oct 05   From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever" With those words, Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians surrendered to the U.S. Cavalry in the year 1877.   

Oct 09   On this day in history american Humane Association organized in Cleveland   

Oct 09   American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland) in the year 1877.   

Oct 09   Locomotive Countess of Dufferin arrives at St. Boniface on a barge towed by the steamer "Selkirk". It was brought in by the contractor Joseph Whitehead to work on the Selkirk - Emerson line and was the first locomotive in Manitoba and on the Prairies in the year 1877.   

Oct 10   General Custer's funeral is held at West Point in the year 1877.   

Oct 11   On this day in history john Parsons Beach, composer   

Oct 13   In the year 1877 bernard Bosanquet, cricketer (pioneer of googly)   

Oct 14   In the year 1877 antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer, dies at 68   

Oct 15   In the year 1877 45th Congress (1877-79) convenes   

Oct 16   John Zwijsen, archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa   

Oct 18   Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society in the year 1877.   

Oct 20   On this day in history franz Schubert's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres   

Oct 20   In the year 1877 josephine McGill, composer   

Oct 22   On this day in history the Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. Those widows and orphans who were unable to support themselves were evicted by the mine owners and likely sent to the Poor House.   

Oct 24   In the year 1877 pavel Grigor'yevich, composer   

Oct 25   In the year 1877 henry Norris Russell, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)   

Oct 28   In the year 1877 johann Herbeck, composer, dies at 45   

Oct 29   In the year 1877 wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930)   

Nov 01   In the year 1877 dutch govt of Heemskerk-Van Lynden resigns   

Nov 01   In the year 1877 roger Quilter, British composer   

Nov 02   In the year 1877 claire McDowell, NYC, actress (Big Parade)   

Nov 07   On this day in history henry Balfour Gardiner, composer   

Nov 09   Allama Iqbal, Pakistani poet/philosopher on this day in history.   

Nov 09   On this day in history american Chemical Society chartered in NY   

Nov 13   In the year 1877 pietro Coppola, composer, dies at 83   

Nov 14   In the year 1877 rené de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)   

Nov 17   Gilbert/Sullivans operette "Sorcerer," premieres in London in the year 1877.   

Nov 18   In the year 1877 arthur C Pigou, English economist (Wealth & welfare)   

Nov 21   Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer in the year 1877.   

Nov 21   In the year 1877 tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention   

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

Jan 04   Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1877.   

Jan 07   Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) was born in the year 1877.   

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   On this day in history 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   Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 in the year 1877.   

Jan 09   Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799) died in the year 1877.   

Jan 11   On this day in history pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 24   Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) died in the year 1877.   

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   On this day in history crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52