Page 3: Historical Events In 1877

Mar 18   President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington DC in the year 1877.   

Mar 19   On this day in history australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match   

Mar 19   Australia beat England by 45 runs in very first Test match in the year 1877.   

Mar 24   On this day in history university boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat   

Mar 24   University boat race between Oxford &Cambridge ends in a dead heat on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 in the year 1877.   

Mar 25   Australian immigrants' friend, Caroline Chisholm, dies in London on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75   

Mar 31   British high director/Governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown in the year 1877.   

Apr 02   1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn in the year 1877.   

Apr 02   Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik) on this day in history.   

Apr 02   On this day in history the first Easter egg roll held on White House lawn   

Apr 07   Errico Petrella, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1877.   

Apr 10   1st human cannonball act performed in London on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Alfred Kubin, writer in the year 1877.   

Apr 10   Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC on this day in history.   

Apr 12   British annex Transvaal, in South Africa in the year 1877.   

Apr 13   In the year 1877 a US newspaper, the Fort Benton Record, coins a slogan for the RCMP "They always get their man." Gee I always thought it was a Canadian eh saying   

Apr 14   In the year 1877 daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar   

Apr 15   1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Mass in the year 1877.   

Apr 19   Ole Evinrude, inventor (outboard marine engine) in the year 1877.   

Apr 19   Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris) in the year 1877.   

Apr 19   In the year 1877 the opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)   

Apr 23   Arthur Farwell, composer in the year 1877.   

Apr 24   Charles Cuvillier, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 24   Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans) in the year 1877.   

Apr 27   On this day in history opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris)   

May 04   Arthur Lang, US, boxer/businessman (Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115) on this day in history.   

May 05   On this day in history indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.   

May 07   On this day in history cin Enquirer, 1st uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory   

May 08   On this day in history 1st Westminster Dog Show held   

May 08   In the year 1877 the first Westminster Dog Show held   

May 09   On this day in history mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.   

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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   In the year 1877 birth of johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)   

Jan 10   Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934) was born in the year 1877.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test)   

Jan 17   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1877.   

Jan 24   Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) died on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1877.   

Mar 04   Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42 in the year 1877.   

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 on this day in history.