Page 6: Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 in the year 1876.   

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

Jul 17   On this day in history maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat   

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

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   In the year 1876 ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)   

Jul 29   In the year 1876 maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge)   

Jul 31   US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA) in the year 1876.   

Aug 01   In the year 1876 colorado becomes 38th state   

Aug 01   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 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   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   In the year 1876 mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)   

Aug 07   On this day in history mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)   

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 in the year 1876.   

Aug 08   In the year 1876 thomas Edison patents mimeograph   

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   In the year 1876 mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)   

Aug 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified   

Aug 14   Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34) on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history george Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36   

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

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

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   On this day in history birth of johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith   

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   On this day in history charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70   

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

Feb 03   On this day in history gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83   

Feb 10   On this day in history johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43   

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

Feb 24   Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on this day in history.