Editing 1877 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July]] &ndash; The serial publication of [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s ''[[Anna Karenina]]'' is concluded, in ''[[The Russian Messenger]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Elizabeth|last=Stenbock-Fermor|title=The Architecture of Anna Karenina|publisher=B.R. Grüner|year=1975|isbn=1588116751}}</ref>
* [[July 1]] &ndash; An F4 tornado touches down near [[Gap, Pennsylvania]], and moves towards [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]]. A woman is killed near [[Ercildoun, Pennsylvania|Ercildoun]]; a man is killed near [[Parkesburg, Pennsylvania|Parkesburg]]; and possibly a third person dies. 4 homes are destroyed at Parkesburg and 20 buildings are destroyed at Ercildoun. 10 or more homes are leveled in Chester County.<ref>{{cite web|title=Requested Information for Lancaster County, PA|url=https://midsouthtornadoes.msstate.edu/index.php?cw=ctp|website=NWS State College Tornado Database|access-date=2022-09-30|archive-date=September 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924110605/https://midsouthtornadoes.msstate.edu/index.php?cw=ctp|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 9]]–[[July 19|19]] &ndash; The [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]] stages the first [[Wimbledon Championships]] in lawn tennis.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> English cricketer [[Spencer Gore (sportsman)|Spencer Gore]] becomes first [[List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions|Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champion]] (the only event held).
* [[July 16]] &ndash; [[Great Railroad Strike of 1877]]: Riots by [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] railroad workers in [[Baltimore]] lead to a [[sympathy strike]] and rioting in Pittsburgh, and a full-scale worker's rebellion in St. Louis, briefly establishing a communist government, before U.S. President [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] calls in the armed forces.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Robert V. Bruce|first=Robert V.|last=Bruce|title=1877: Year of Violence|location=Indianapolis|publisher=Bobbs-Merrill|year=1959}}</ref>
* [[July 19]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo-Turkish War]]: The first battle in the [[siege of Plevna]] is fought.
* [[July 30]]
** [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo-Turkish War]]: The second battle in the [[siege of Plevna]] is fought.
** [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo-Turkish War]]: The Turkish army and its allies destroy the [[Bulgaria]]n city of [[Stara Zagora]] and massacre the inhabitants.
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Battle of the Big Hole]] &ndash; Near [[Big Hole River]], [[Montana]], a small band of [[Nez Perce people]] who refuse government orders to move to a reservation, clash with the [[United States Army]]. The army loses 29 soldiers, and the Indians lose 89 warriors, in an Army victory.
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Americans|American]] astronomer [[Asaph Hall]] discovers [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]], the outer [[natural satellite|moon]] of [[Mars]].
* [[August 18]] &ndash; Asaph Hall discovers [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]], the inner moon of [[Mars]].
* [[September 1]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Lovcha]], third battle in the [[siege of Plevna]], is fought. Russian forces successfully reduce the Ottoman fortress at [[Lovech|Lovcha]].
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: Oglala [[Sioux]] chief [[Crazy Horse]] is [[bayonet]]ed by a United States soldier, after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at [[Fort Robinson]] in [[Nebraska]].
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Treaty 7]] is concluded between several mainly [[Blackfoot]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] tribes and the [[Canadian Confederation]], at the [[Blackfoot Crossing]] of the [[Bow River]], settling the Blackfoot on [[Indian reserve]]s in what will become southern [[Alberta]].
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Shiroyama]] in [[Kagoshima]], Japan: The [[Imperial Japanese Army]] annihilates heavily outnumbered rebel ''[[samurai]]'' under [[Saigō Takamori]] (who is killed), ending the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].