March 1877

Friday 02:

U.S. presidential election, 1876: The U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876 (Reconstruction ends).

Saturday 03:

Rutherford B. Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (his public inauguration coming on March 5).

Sunday 04:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake debuts.

Monday 05:

Rutherford B. Hayes is publicly inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (he was privately inaugurated on March 3).

Thursday 15:

The first Test cricket match begins, between England and Australia.