Page 5: Historical Events In 1877

Jul 05   Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) on this day in history.   

Jul 06   David Stanley Smith, composer in the year 1877.   

Jul 09   1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held on this day in history.   

Jul 09   The All-England Croquet Club at Wimbledon staged the world's first lawn tennis championship on on this day in history.   

Jul 10   The then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain on this day in history.   

Jul 13   In the year 1877 karl Erb, German tenor   

Jul 13   In the year 1877 wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65   

Jul 14   General strike brings US railroad to a stand still on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) on this day in history.   

Jul 19   1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64) in the year 1877.   

Jul 19   The first Wimbledon tennis championships held on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 on this day in history.   

Jul 21   On this day in history -27] US army breaks railroad strike   

Jul 23   1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations on this day in history.   

Jul 23   On this day in history the first telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed   

Jul 23   The first US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1877 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers   

Jul 24   The first time federal troops are used to combat strikers on this day in history.   

Jul 26   In the year 1877 hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)   

Aug 01   On this day in history charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)   

Aug 01   In the year 1877 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

Aug 02   On this day in history sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

Aug 03   On this day in history karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75   

Aug 05   Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo in the year 1877.   

Aug 10   Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians in the year 1877.   

Aug 10   First use of the telephone to dispatch trains. This was at the Caledonia Mine at Glace Bay on the Sydney Mines Railway. One of the owners was Gardiner G. Hubbard who was the father in law of Alexander Graham Bell who installed two telephones to control train movements in the year 1877.   

Aug 10   Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d.1954) in the year 1877.   

Aug 11   Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos on this day in history.   

Aug 12   James Drummond, historical painter, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 12   In the year 1877 thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device   

Aug 12   Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device in the year 1877.   

Aug 16   In the year 1877 karl L Hoschna, composer   

Aug 17   Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos 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 in the year 1877.   

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

Jan 10   Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) was born in the year 1877.   

Jan 12   In the year 1877 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   Hans Jelmoli, composer was born in the year 1877.   

Jan 17   In the year 1877 birth of may Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969)   

Jan 04   In the year 1877 cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1877 death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)   

Feb 01   Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1877 crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52