WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1877
Find out what all happened January to December 1877

Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy. (15. June 1877)

Last day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans. (20. January 1877)

American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles. (5. May 1877)

The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons. (21. June 1877)

Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania. (9. May 1877)

The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. (22. October 1877)

Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion (24. September 1877)

Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices. (22. January 1877)

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India. (1. January 1877)

Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (20. June 1877)

Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. (21. November 1877)

At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens. (8. May 1877)

Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army (9. August 1877)

16 May 1877 political crisis in France. (16. May 1877)

Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time. (29. November 1877)

The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal. (12. April 1877)

After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia. (21. July 1877)

First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia (15. March 1877)

Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire. (24. April 1877)

Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its première performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. (20. February 1877)