Category Archives: 1870s

Frontiersman ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok shot and killed in Deadwood 140 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 1 1876)

1870s


Video: 'The Real Wild West - Episode 3: Wild Bill (HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)' (Aug. 2, 1876, at 38:50)

(Wednesday, August 2, 1876, mid-afternoon local time) — James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok, the 39-year-old legendary gunfighter of the American West, was shot and killed today while playing poker at Nuttal & Mann’s Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, by Jack McCall, who was later hanged. Continue reading Frontiersman ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok shot and killed in Deadwood 140 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 1 1876) →

Colorado admitted to Union as 38th state 140 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 1 1876)

1870s, U.S. Presidents


Video: ‘Denver, Colorado Travel Guide – Must-See Attractions’

(Tuesday, August 1, 1876) — U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation today admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and earning it the moniker “Centennial State.”

Democrats nominate Thomas A. Hendricks for vice president 140 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (June 29 1876)

1870s, U.S. Presidents

(Thursday, June 29, 1876) — Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana was almost unanimously nominated vice president today on the first ballot at the 1876 Democratic National Convention meeting at the Merchants Exchange Building in St. Louis. Continue reading Democrats nominate Thomas A. Hendricks for vice president 140 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (June 29 1876) →

Democrats nominate Samuel J. Tilden for president 140 years ago today (June 28 1876)

1870s, U.S. Presidents

(Wednesday, June 28, 1876) — Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York was unanimously nominated president on the second ballot today at the 1876 Democratic National Convention meeting at the Merchants Exchange Building in St. Louis. Continue reading Democrats nominate Samuel J. Tilden for president 140 years ago today (June 28 1876) →

Custer makes last stand at Little Bighorn 140 years ago today (June 25 1876)

1870s


Video: 'Custer's Last Stand Documentary on the Life and Death of General Custer Full Documentary' (June 25, 1876, at 1:26:08)

(Sunday, June 25, 1876; during the Great Sioux War of 1876) — Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out today by Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.

Republicans nominate Hayes-Wheeler ticket 140 years ago today (June 16 1876)

1870s, U.S. Presidents

(Friday, June 16, 1876) — Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio was nominated president today at the 1876 Republican National Convention meeting at Exposition Hall in Cincinnati. Continue reading Republicans nominate Hayes-Wheeler ticket 140 years ago today (June 16 1876) →

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call 140 years ago tonight (Mar 10 1876)

1870s


Video: 'The First Telephone'

(Friday, March 10, 1876, evening local time) — Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, today heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.

Alexander Graham Bell receives U.S. patent for his telephone 140 years ago today (Mar 7 1876)

1870s


Video: 'On This Day - March 7 - Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone'

(Tuesday, March 7, 1876) — Alexander Graham Bell, 29, was granted a United States patent (No. 174,465) today for an invention he called the telephone.

Former First Lady Eliza McCardle Johnson dies 140 years ago today (Jan 15 1876)

1870s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'First Ladies Preview: Eliza Johnson'

(Saturday, January 15, 1876) — Former U.S. First Lady Eliza McCardle Johnson, who served with her husband, President Andrew Johnson, from 1865 to 1869, died today in Greeneville, Tennessee, from complications due to tuberculosis at age 65, having survived her husband by only five and a half months.

U.S. Vice President Henry Wilson dies 140 years ago this hour (Nov 22 1875)

1870s, U.S. Presidents

(Monday, November 22, 1875, 7:20 a.m. local time) — Henry Wilson, the 18th Vice President of the United States (1873-1875, under Ulysses S. Grant), suffered a fatal stroke today while working in the United States Capitol Building. Continue reading U.S. Vice President Henry Wilson dies 140 years ago this hour (Nov 22 1875) →