1877 Calendar
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1877 Historical Event(s)
January 8, 1877
– Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
March 2, 1877
– U.S. presidential election, 1876: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
May 3, 1877
– Labatt Park, the oldest continually operating baseball grounds in the world has its first game.
May 16, 1877
– May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
June 17, 1877
– Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
September 5, 1877
– Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
October 5, 1877
– Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
October 22, 1877
– The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
November 21, 1877
– Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
December 6, 1877
– The first edition of the Washington Post is published.
Who Were Born On 1877?
January 12, 1877
– Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)
February 17, 1877
– André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
February 19, 1877
– Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
February 27, 1877
– Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
March 17, 1877
– Otto Gross, Austrian psychoanalyst (d. 1920)
April 17, 1877
– Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat (d. 1949)
August 27, 1877
– Charles Rolls, British co-founder of Rolls-Royce (d. 1910)
October 29, 1877
– Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (d. 1973)
November 3, 1877
– Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean president. (d. 1960)
November 9, 1877
– Enrico De Nicola, 1st President of the Italian Republic (d. 1959)