What Happened In March 1876 In History

Historical Events for March, 1876

• 7th » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• 10th » Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."

Famous Birthdays on March in 1876

• 1st » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman (d. 1942)
• 2nd » Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
• 4th » Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (d. 1947)
• 4th » Theodore Hardeen, Hungarian-American magician (d. 1945)
• 7th » Frederick Freake, English polo player (d. 1950)
• 10th » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (d. 1948)
• 11th » Carl Ruggles, American composer (d. 1971)
• 16th » Charles Halton, American actor (d. 1959)
• 17th » Frederick Ayres, American composer (d. 1926)
• 20th » Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927)
• 21st » Walter Tewksbury, American runner (d. 1968)
• 25th » Irving Baxter, American jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)
• 26th » William, Prince of Albania (d. 1945)
• 27th » Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti, Italian cardinal (d. 1943)
• 27th » Karl Fredrik Wilkama, Finnish general (d. 1947)
• 29th » Friedrich Traun, German tennis player (d. 1908)
• 31st » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (d. 1927)

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