Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jul 15   Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat on this day in history.   

Jul 20   1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins in the year 1876.   

Jul 23   On this day in history william Gillies Whittaker, composer   

Jul 24   Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) on this day in history.   

Jul 29   On this day in history maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge)   

Jul 31   US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA) on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state   

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

Aug 02   On this day in history wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot   

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

Aug 05   Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) in the year 1876.   

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

Aug 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada   

Aug 12   In the year 1876 madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup   

Aug 12   Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton) on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 14   On this day in history alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)   

Aug 14   Prairie View State University forms in the year 1876.   

Aug 15   In the year 1876 aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist   

Aug 15   US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth on this day in history.   

Aug 16   In the year 1876 the opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)   

Aug 17   Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) in the year 1876.   

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 in the year 1876.   

Aug 29   Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) in the year 1876.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1876 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   In the year 1876 birth of wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)   

Jan 05   Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) was born in the year 1876.   

Jan 07   In the year 1876 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971) was born in the year 1876.   

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

Jan 09   Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801) died in the year 1876.   

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

Jan 15   On this day in history death of eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)   

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 in the year 1876.   

Feb 21   On this day in history henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70   

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