Timeline Sunday 4 March 1877

Events on Sunday 4 March 1877 2

• 1869 – 1877 Grant presidency 18th President — 1869 to 1877 Ulysses S. Grant served as the 18th President from March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877. He vigorously enforced Reconstruction and civil rights for Black Americans, but his administration was marred by corruption scandals.
• 1877 Swan Lake premieres in Moscow Tchaikovsky's first ballet debuts at the Bolshoi Theatre Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on 4 March 1877. The original production and choreography were poorly received by contemporary critics. It was only revived successfully after the composer's death and later became one of the most performed ballets in the world.