Page 6: Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   On this day in history aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82   

Jul 15   Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford in the year 1876.   

Jul 17   Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat in the year 1876.   

Jul 20   1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins on this day in history.   

Jul 23   In the year 1876 william Gillies Whittaker, composer   

Jul 24   In the year 1876 thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 26   On this day in history ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)   

Jul 29   Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge) in the year 1876.   

Jul 31   In the year 1876 uS Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)   

Aug 01   Colorado becomes 38th state in the year 1876.   

Aug 01   In the year 1876 wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

Aug 02   In the year 1876 wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot   

Aug 02   On this day in history wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

Aug 05   Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) on this day in history.   

Aug 07   Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) in the year 1876.   

Aug 07   In the year 1876 the birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy   

Aug 08   Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m on this day in history.   

Aug 08   Thomas Edison patents mimeograph on this day in history.   

Aug 10   In the year 1876 1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada   

Aug 12   On this day in history madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup   

Aug 12   On this day in history mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)   

Aug 12   Off Newport Rhode Island, the US yacht Madeleine beats the Countess Dufferin from Toronto in two straight heats in the 4th America's Cup in the year 1876.   

Aug 13   Reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified in the year 1876.   

Aug 14   In the year 1876 alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)   

Aug 14   In the year 1876 prairie View State University forms   

Aug 15   Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist on this day in history.   

Aug 15   On this day in history uS law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find   

Aug 16   Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth in the year 1876.   

Aug 16   The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth) on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1876 eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33)   

Aug 17   Opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth on this day in history.   

Aug 19   George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed on this day in history.   

Aug 29   Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1876 birth of harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)   

Jan 03   Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of william Yeates Hurlstone, composer   

Jan 09   Hans Bethge, writer was born in the year 1876.   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)   

Jan 07   Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1876.   

Feb 03   In the year 1876 gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83   

Feb 10   Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1876.   

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

Feb 24   On this day in history jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67