The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins. The **Wimbledon Championships** are the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, first held in **1877** at the…
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22 October 1877
The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners The Blantyre mining disaster, which occurred on October 22, 1877, in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, was…
8 January 1877
Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory. Crazy Horse (c. 1840–1877) was a…
20 February 1877
Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. “Swan Lake” is one of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s most famous ballets, composed…
9 July 1877
The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins. The Wimbledon Championships is one of the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world. It is held annually…
20 February 1877
Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
9 July 1877
The first Wimbledon Tennis Championships begins. On 9 July, 1877 the first Championships began at the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon….