WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1877
Find out what all happened January to May 1877

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

Romania declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence. Recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence. (10. May 1877)

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

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

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

Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska. (6. May 1877)

Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory. (8. January 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)

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

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan. (9. May 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. (2. March 1877)

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

The family with samurai antecedents that responded to the Saigō army in Ōita Nakatsu, rebels. (31. March 1877)

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

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