Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   In the year 1876 aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 23   William Gillies Whittaker, composer in the year 1876.   

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

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

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

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   Wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1876.   

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

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   Thomas Edison patents mimeograph on this day in history.   

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

Aug 12   Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup on this day in history.   

Aug 12   Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton) in the year 1876.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 14   On this day in history prairie View State University forms   

Aug 15   Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist in the year 1876.   

Aug 15   US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find in the year 1876.   

Aug 16   In the year 1876 opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth   

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   In the year 1876 george Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36   

Aug 24   Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed in the year 1876.   

Aug 29   On this day in history charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

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

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 in the year 1876.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1876 birth of johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith   

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 in the year 1876.   

Jan 09   In the year 1876 death of samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)   

Jan 10   Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1876 death of eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1876 johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43   

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

Feb 24   Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 in the year 1876.