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Rutherford B Hayes was elected for President, however did not start his term until 1877.
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From June 25 to the 26, the Battle of Little Big Horn was fought. This occurred when Lt. Colonel George Custer along with his Calvary fought the Indians of the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes along the river.
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This was the original fate issued by the U.S. government that ordered all of the Native Americans to be put on reservations in the West. This led to the Great Sioux War.
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At the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, many inventions were seen. Among them, the telephone by Alexander G Bell, the megaphone and phonograph by Edison, and the air brake by Westinghouse.
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In 1877, William A Wheeler was elected Vice President under Hayes.
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This is the day that the leader of the Oglala Sioux surrendered to the United States Army in Nebraska.
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This war began when Nez Perce Indians route two companies of the U.S. Army Calvary to Idaho Territory in White Bird.
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An event in the Nez Perce War. This battle was fought when the Nez Perce Indians tribe attempted to avoid confinement within the reservation system.
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On this day, in New Haven Connecticut, the first commercial telephone exchange is opened.
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Thomas Edison patents the cylinder phonograph or the tin foil phonograph.
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The Edison Electric Company begins operation.
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The construction of the Panama Canal began
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James A Garfield is a Rebuplican and is elected President for 1880
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Alexander G Bell and Thomas Edison get together and form the Oriental Telephone Company.
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Garfield is shot, he died two months later from infection.
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The Standard Oil Company trust of John D Rocketfeller is begun when Rocketfeller places his oil holdings inside it.
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After 14 years of building, the Brooklyn Bridge is opened.
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The U.S. Naval War College is founded in Newport, Rhode Island
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The Statue of Liberty arrives for the first time in New York harbor.
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Grant, civil war hero of federal forces, died
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The Pearl Harbor naval base is leased by the U.S Navy
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The Deadliest flood in American history occurs in Pennsylvania.
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The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
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Sports emerge and become very popular
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The last major battle between the Indians and the U.S. troops.
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The first public showing of Thomas Edison's movie film strip. Later that year, he invented a patent radio.
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The General Electric Company is formed by merging the Edison General Electric Company with the Thomson-Houston Company.
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Cleveland returns to Presidency with a win over Benjamin Harrison.
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The New York Stock Exchange closes.
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Women in Colorado are granted the right to vote.
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Puerto Rico is stormed by the U.S Navy and considered U.S. territory
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The first patent of the automobile is presented by George B Selden.
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This case takes place to challenge the separate but equal doctrine.
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The Peace Treaty is signed to end the Spanish American War.
