Timeline Tuesday 24 April 1877

Events on Tuesday 24 April 1877 2

• 1877 Reconstruction ends in the American South Federal troops withdrawn under the Compromise of 1877 In April 1877, President Hayes ordered the withdrawal of the last federal troops stationed in Southern state capitals, ending military Reconstruction. Democratic 'Redeemer' governments took full control of the remaining Southern states. The withdrawal allowed the rollback of Reconstruction-era civil rights protections for African Americans in the following decades.
• 1877 Russo-Turkish War begins Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire over the Balkans Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 24 April 1877, citing the treatment of Christian populations in the Balkans. The conflict was fought across Bulgaria and the Caucasus and ended in a decisive Russian victory. It led to the independence of Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania and the autonomy of Bulgaria.