What Happened In January 1877 In History

Historical Events for January, 1877

• 1st » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Emperor of India or Empress of India.
• 8th » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the Cavalry (United States) named United States Cavalry at Battle of Wolf Mountain or Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• 20th » Last day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• 22nd » Arthur Tooth, an Anglicanism known as Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using Ritualism e.g ritualist practices.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1877

• 1st » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German orientalist (d. 1937)
• 2nd » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (d. 1906)
• 12th » Frank J. Corr, American politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1934)
• 15th » Lewis Terman, American psychologist (d. 1956)
• 17th » May Gibbs, Australian author (d. 1969)
• 22nd » Tom Jones (baseball) e.g Tom Jones, American baseball player (d. 1923)
• 29th » Georges Catroux, French general and diplomat (d. 1969)

Famous Deaths for January 1877

• 4th » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 9th » Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)
• 20th » Lela Pandak Lam, Malayan activist
• 24th » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)

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