Historical Events In 1876

May 07   Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

May 08   In the year 1876 truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies   

May 10   Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia in the year 1876.   

May 10   On this day in history ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)   

May 12   In the year 1876 harold, grandson of English queen Victoria   

May 12   On this day in history henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63   

May 13   On this day in history amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens   

May 13   On this day in history raoul Laparra, composer   

May 15   2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38.25 in the year 1876.   

May 17   7th US Cavalry under Custer leaves Fort Lincoln on this day in history.   

May 17   On this day in history 7th US Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft Lincoln   

May 17   In the year 1876 alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist   

May 19   Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

May 20   In the year 1876 harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old   

May 20   John Owen Jones, composer in the year 1876.   

May 23   In the year 1876 1st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston)   

May 24   On this day in history henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46   

May 25   On this day in history 1st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14)   

May 26   Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

May 26   HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration on this day in history.   

May 26   In the year 1876 jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion   

May 27   Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies in the year 1876.   

May 30   Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V in the year 1876.   

Jun 01   On this day in history christo Botew, writer, dies   

Jun 02   In the year 1876 hakon Borresen, composer   

Jun 02   Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina in the year 1876.   

Jun 03   Lacrosse introduced in Britain & Canada on this day in history.   

Jun 04   On this day in history an express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.   

Jun 04   On this day in history robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test S Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9)   

Jun 05   Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila on this day in history.   

Jun 07   George Sand, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jun 08   George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jun 10   On this day in history 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40.5   

Jun 11   On this day in history alfred L Kroeber, Hoboken NJ, author (Anthropologist looks at History)   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument)   

Jan 01   Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933) was born in the year 1876.   

Jan 03   Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60) was born in the year 1876.   

Jan 05   Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   William Yeates Hurlstone, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1876 birth of hans Bethge, writer   

Jan 10   Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith was born in the year 1876.   

Jan 11   In the year 1876 birth of elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807)   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)   

Jan 10   Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 in the year 1876.   

Jan 15   Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810) died on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1876.   

Feb 24   In the year 1876 jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67