Page 6: Historical Events In 1877

Aug 22   Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park on this day in history.   

Aug 25   On this day in history joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train)   

Aug 27   In the year 1877 charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd)   

Aug 29   Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1877 brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies   

Aug 29   In the year 1877 mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT.   

Sep 03   Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Sep 05   On this day in history crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27   

Sep 05   On this day in history o W Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher   

Sep 05   On this day in history southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas   

Sep 06   Petar Stojanovic, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 09   Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance on this day in history.   

Sep 10   On this day in history georgia B D Camp Johnson, US, poet/playwright (Autumn Love Cycle)   

Sep 11   In the year 1877 feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB)   

Sep 11   Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen on this day in history.   

Sep 11   The birth of James Jeans, British mathematician on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   On this day in history maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre)   

Sep 16   James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) in the year 1877.   

Sep 17   On this day in history jean Hure, composer   

Sep 17   On this day in history william Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77   

Sep 18   On this day in history jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow)   

Sep 20   Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer in the year 1877.   

Sep 20   On this day in history chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)   

Sep 23   In the year 1877 hurricane strikes Curacao & Bonaire kills 200   

Sep 23   Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies in the year 1877.   

Sep 24   Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion on this day in history.   

Sep 25   In the year 1877 plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28)   

Sep 26   Alfred Cortot, French pianist on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history john Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti   

Sep 28   In the year 1877 stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona)   

Sep 30   On this day in history 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)   

Sep 30   First US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club) in the year 1877.   

Sep 30   Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   Hans Jelmoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1877 pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 24   On this day in history death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)   

Feb 01   In the year 1877 joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71   

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