1877
1877 was a common year.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s – 1870s – 1880s 1890s 1900s |
| Years: | 1874 1875 1876 – 1877 – 1878 1879 1880 |
Births
- October 29 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer
- November 9 – Muhammad Iqbal, national poet of Pakistan (d. 1938)
- Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, British Indian judge, legislator and philanthropist (d. 1939)
- November 24 – Alben W. Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
Deaths
- October 29 – Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Confederate general and founder of the Ku Klux Klan
Art, music, theatre, and literature
- February 20 - premiere of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in Moscow