What Happened in July 1876

Historical Events

Jul 2 Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor (1922-23)
Jul 4 William Farnum, American actor (Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1953)

Jul 6 Harry Ford Sinclair, founder of Sinclair Oil (Teapot Dome Scandal), born in Benwood, West Virginia

Jul 12 Max Jacob, French poet and writer, born in Quimper, Brittany, France (d. 1944)
Jul 17 Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat
Jul 17 Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, lived to be 115 years old, born in Flint, Georgia (d. 1991)
Jul 17 Vittorio Gnecchi, Italian composer (Cassandra), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1954)
Jul 19 Joseph Fielding Smith Jr., 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1972)
Jul 19 John Gunn, English cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1963)
Jul 20 Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (d. 1944)
Jul 23 William Gillies Whittaker, English composer, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1944)
Jul 26 Ernest Schelling, American composer and conductor (Victory Ball), born in Belvidere, New Jersey (d. 1939)
Jul 29 Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian actress (The Wolf Man, Waterloo Bridge), born in Tula, Russian Empire (d. 1949)

Jul 1 Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary anarchist, dies at 62
Jul 8 Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78
Jul 11 Ottho G Heldring, vicar (H-gestichten), dies at 72
Jul 14 Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder, dies at 60
Jul 15 Aleksander Fredro, Polish poet and comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82
Jul 24 Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66
Jul 27 Walter Channing, American physician who was the first to use anesthesia during childbirth, dies at 90