What Happened In February 1876 In History

Historical Events for February, 1876

• 1st » A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish people e.g Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
• 2nd » The National League known as National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• 14th » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• 19th » Founding of the National Amateur Press Association (NAPA) in Philadelphia.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1876

• 3rd » William Tedmarsh, English-American actor (d. 1937)
• 5th » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1931)
• 6th » Henry Blogg, English fisherman and sailor (d. 1954)
• 6th » Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, French fencer (d. 1939)
• 12th » 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)
• 13th » Fritz Buelow, German-American baseball player (d. 1933)
• 16th » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian (d. 1962)
• 19th » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor (d. 1957)
• 21st » Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (d. 1956)
• 22nd » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist (d. 1938)
• 28th » John Alden Carpenter, American composer (d. 1951)

Famous Deaths for February 1876

• 24th » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)

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