U.S. presidential election, 1876 - U.S. presidential election, 1876 Presidential Candidate Electoral Vote Popular Vote Pct Party Running Mate (Electoral Votes) Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio (W) 185 4,036,298 48.4 Republican William A. Wheeler of New York (185) Samuel J. Tilden of New York 184 4,300,590 51.6 Democrat Thomas A. Henricks of Indiana (184) Other Total 100.0% Other elections: 1864, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888 Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register Notes: In 1876 the election for the President of the United States ended in a dispute. Democrat Samuel J. Tilden received 184 electoral votes, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes received 163, and 22 electoral votes were uncertain, two different sets of returns being certified. The Electoral Commission was formed to settle the result. The disputed results involved 21 electors from Florida,.
Karl Schwarz - received a number of distinctions (in 1858 chief court preacher, etc.). Schwarz took an important part in the founding and directing of the German Protestantenverein and became an eminent exponent of liberal theology. His work Zur Geschichte der neuesten Theologie (1856, 4th ed. 1869) is a valuable source for the history of theology in Germany. His other works include Lessing als Theologe (1854) and Grundriss der christ. Lehre (1873, 5th ed. 1876). In his memory a Karl-Schwarz-Stiftung was founded in connexion with the theologica1 faculty at the University of Jena. See G Rudloff, Karl Schwarz (1887); F Hummel, Zur Bedeutung der Schrift von Karl Schwarz: Uber das Wesen der Religion (1890); and Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie. This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica..
Karl Rudolf König - his life. He was, however, very far from being a mere tradesman. Acoustical research was his real interest, and to that he devoted all the time and money he could spare from his business. An exhibit which he sent to the London Exhibition of 1862 gained a gold medal, and at the Philadelphia Exposition at 1876 great admiration was expressed for a tonometric apparatus of his manufacture. This consisted of about 670 tuning-forks, of as many different pitches, extending over four octaves, and it afforded a perfect means for testing, by enumeration of the beats, the number of vibrations producing any given note and for accurately tuning any musical instrument. An attempt was made to secure this apparatus for the University of Pennsylvania, and König was induced to leave it behind.
Karl Lachmann - edition of the New Testament appeared in 1831, the 3rd edition in 1846, and the larger second edition, in two volumes between 1842 and 1850. The plan of Lachmann's edition, which he explained in his Studia Krit. of 1830, is a modification of the unaccomplished project of Bentley. Lachmann was the first major editor to break from the Textus Receptus, seeking to restore the most ancient reading current in manuscripts of the Alexandrian text-type, using the agreement of the Western authorities (Old Latin and Greek Western Uncials) as the main proof of antiquity of a reading where the oldest Alexandrian authorities differ. Lachmann's edition of Lucretius (1850), which was the principal occupation of his life from 1845, is perhaps his greatest achievement of scholarship. He demonstrated how the three main manuscripts.
Karl Joseph Simrock - (August 28, 1802 - July 18, 1876), German poet and man of letters, was born at Bonn, where his father was a music publisher. He studied law at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, and in 1823 entered the Prussian civil service, from which he was expelled in 1830 for writing a poem in praise of the French July revolution. Afterwards he was admitted as lecturer at the university of Bonn, where in 1850 he was made a professor of Old German literature and in which city he died. Simrock established his reputation by his excellent modern rendering of the Nibelungenlied (1827), and of the poems of Walther von der Vogelweide (1833). Among other works translated by him into modern German were the Arme Heinrich of Hartmann von Aue (1830), the.
Kentucky Derby - Stakes. The winner of the very first race was Aristides in front of a crowd of 10,000 people on May 17, 1875. The speed record for the race is 1 minute 59 2/5 seconds, set by Secretariat in 1973. Year Winner 1875 Aristides 1876 Vagrant 1877 Baden Baden 1878 Day Star 1879 Lord Murphy 1880 Fonso 1881 Hindoo 1882 Apollo 1883 Leonatus 1884 Buchanan 1885 Joe Cotton 1886 Ben Ali 1887 Montrose 1888 Macbeth II 1889 Spokane 1890 Riley 1891 Kingman 1892 Azra 1893 Lookout 1894 Chant 1895 Halma 1896 Ben Brush 1897 Typhoon II 1898 Plaudit 1899 Manuel 1900 Lieutenant Gibson 1901 His Eminence 1902 Alan-a-Dale 1903 Judge Himes 1904 Elwood 1905 Agile 1906 Sir Huon 1907 Pink Star 1908 Stone Street 1909 Wintergreen 1910 Donau 1911 Meridian 1912 Worth.
Kentucky Oaks - in England. The Oaks was fashioned in the image of the English Oaks at Epsom Downs. The distance of that first running of the Oaks was 1 ½ miles and A.B. Lewis & Company's Vinaigrette was the winner. She earned a winning purse of $1,175 and was timed over the 12-furlong distance in 2:39 ¾. The victory by Vinaigrette launched a strong tradition for the Oaks, which - like the Derby - has been renewed each year without interruption since its inaugural running. Year Winner 1875 Vinaigrette 1876 Necy Hale 1877 Felicia 1878 Belle of Nelson 1879 Liahtunah 1880 Longitude 1881 Lucy May 1882 Katie Creel 1883 Vera 1884 Modesty 1885 Lizzie Dwyer 1886 Pure Rye 1887 Florimore 1888 Ten Penny 1889 Jewel Ban 1890 English Lady 1891 Miss Hawkins 1892.
Yau Ma Tei - kinds of products including clothes, decorations, VCD and toys in Temple Street (廟街), a street in the area where the famous Tin Hau Temple was built in 1876. The Kwong Wah Hospital (廣華醫院), the first hospital on the Kowloon peninsula established in 1911, is located in the district. Yau Ma Tei is served by the Tsuen Wan Line and the Kwun Tong Line of the MTR metro system. The Wah Yan College, Kowloon is located in Yau Ma Tei. See also: List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong.
Kenneth II of Scotland - the northern district of Scotland as far south as the Spey. In this struggle the Scots attained no permanent success. In 995 Kenneth, whose strength like that of the other kings of his branch of the house of Kenneth MacAlpin lay chiefly north of the Tay, was slain treacherously by his own subjects, according to the later chroniclers at Fettercairn in the Mearns through an intrigue of Finvela, daughter of the earl of Angus. He was buried on the Isle of Iona. He, then, became the fifth king of Scotland to be murdered in succession. References Chronicles of the Picts and Scots, ed. WF Skene (Edinburgh, 1867) WF Skene, Celtic Scotland (Edinburgh, 1876) This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. Preceded by: Culen List of British monarchs Succeeded by:.
Kepa Te Rangihiwinui - the Battle of Moturoa. Te Kepa commanded the force pursuing Titokowaru after he abandoned his Pa at Tauranga Ika. It was the first time that British soldiers, officers and men had served under a Maori commander, by this time Te Kepa had been promoted to the rank of major. As soon as Titokowaru ceased to be threat, Te Kepa and his men were transported to the East Coast to join in the pursuit of Te Kooti Such was his reputation that the attack on Te Porere near Tongariro was delayed until Te Kepa and his men arrived; they were marching up the Wanganui River in the face of snowstorms and volcanic eruptions. The final pursuit of Te Kooti through the Ureweras was largely handed over to Te Kepa and another Maori.
Kimi Ga Yo - a national anthem and made an Englishman John William Fenton write music for it. However, due to bad reputation, it was abandoned in 1876. The present music was composed by Hayashi Hiromori in 1880. See also: Japan, Hinomaru.
Kirk Fordice - Republican to be elected governor since the Reconstruction era. The last Republican governor was Adelbert Ames who served from 1874-1876. Fordice successfully won re-election in 1995..
Vernonia, Oregon - located in Columbia County, Oregon. The community was first settled in 1876 by Judson Weed and Ozias Cherrington, both of Ohio. Sometime afterwards, the question of a name for the community came up, and Cherrington suggested the name of his daughter in Ohio, which was adopted. Unfortunately, since he had left Ohio around 1873, he misremembered his daughter's name, which was Vernona, so the town is not actually named after her. Cherrington died of a farming accident in 1894, having never seen his daughter since his departure from Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,228. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 History Geography Vernonia is located at 45°51'35" North, 123°11'21" West (45.859846, -123.189125)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the.
Knights of the Garter (1700-1899) - (1862) John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister (1862) Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1862) William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam (1862) Prince Louis of Hesse and the Rhine, later Grand Duke Louis IV, son-in-law of Queen Victoria (1862) Grand Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1862) Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, later Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, second son of Queen Victoria (1863) Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, Colonial and Home Secretary (1863) George Granville William Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (1864) George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (1864) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (1864) John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, Viceroy of Ireland (1865) Harry George Poulett, 4th Duke of Cleveland (1865) King Louis I of Portugal (1865) King Christian IX of.
Konrad Adenauer - Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer (January 5, 1876 - April 19, 1967) was a German statesman. Adenauer was Mayor of Cologne from 1917 to 1933. In 1933 he was imprisoned for his opposition to the Nazis. He was first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949-1963, a period which spans most of the preliminary phase of the Cold War. In this period, West Germany was politically separated from East Germany. Adenauer was a co-founder of the CDU party. He lead the rebuilding of West Germany and helped turn the nation into an economic powerhouse. He is also notable for directing Germany's reconciliation with France and other allied powers. Under Adenauer West Germany was allowed to rearm and to join NATO. Adenauer also opened diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and.
Kudzu - in pods, and which mature in the fall. However, only one or two viable seeds are produced per cluster of pods and these hard-coated seeds may not germinate for several years. For successful long term control of kudzu, the extensive root system must be destroyed. Any remaining root crowns can lead to reinfestation of an area. Mechanical methods involve cutting vines just above ground level and destroying all cut material. Close mowing every month for two growing seasons or repeated cultivation may be effective. Cut kudzu can be fed to livestock, burned or enclosed in plastic bags and sent to a landfill. If conducted in the spring, cutting must be repeated as regrowth appears to exhaust the plant's stored carbohydrate reserves. Late season cutting should be followed up with immediate application.
Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge - County, Pennsylvania. Location Lancaster County Park History Built in 1876 by W. W. Upp, the bridge crossed the Conestoga River before it was swept away in Hurricane Agnes and moved to its present location. Truss Type Wooden Burr Stream Mill Creek Dimensions 90 feet 0 inches long 11 feet 8 inches clear deck width 11 feet 6 inches clearance 19 feet 6 inches underclearance Alternate Names Baer's Mill Covered Bridge Keystone Mill Covered Bridge Binder Tongue Carrier Covered Bridge Mill 2A Covered Bridge.
J.F.C. Fuller - J.F.C. Fuller J.F.C. Fuller (1876-1966), full name John Frederick Charles Fuller, was a British general, military historian and strategist, notable as an early theorist of modern armored warfare. He was also the inventor of "artificial moonlight". In addition to his military accomplishments, Fuller was a vigorous, expressive and opinionated writer of military history. In the 1920s, he collaborated with his junior B.H. Liddell Hart in developing new ideas for the mechanization of armies. Upon his retirement in 1933, impatient with what he considered the inability of democracy to adopt military reforms, he became involved with Sir Oswald Mosley and the British Fascist movement. His ideas on warfare continued to be influential in World War II, as much with the Germanss, notably Heinz Guderian as with his own country..
January 1 - Internet Protocol, creating the Internet 1984 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state. 1984 - AT&T is broken up into 22 independent units 1984 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community 1986 - Aruba becomes independent of Curacao 1992 - George H. W. Bush is first President of the United States to address the Australian Parliament 1993 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of Slovak Republic and Czech Republic 1993 - A single market within the European Community is introduced 1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect 1995 - World Trade Organization goes into effect 1995 - Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union 1996 - Curacao gains limited self-government 1998 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants 1999 - Euro currency introduced. 2000.
January 31 - - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital. 1849 - Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom. 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. 1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina. 1915 - World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russians. 1917 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare. 1928 - 3M begins marketing Scotch tape. 1929 - The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky. 1936 - The Green Hornet radio show debuts. 1944 - World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. 1945 - Eddie Slovik is executed, the.
