1877
Post-Civil War era
1877 is the year following 1876 and preceding 1878.
Like other year numbers, it functions as a noun identifying a specific point in time: The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 paralyzed commerce across the country.
Years also modify nouns: an 1877 vintage, the 1877 edition.
Grooved disc audio player
- EdisonProlific American inventor
- microphoneAudio input device
- telephoneVoice communication device
- recordingCaptured audio or video
sound · cylinder · tinfoil · laboratory · Menlo Park · patent · invention · acoustic
Of a prim era
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- ReconstructionPost-1865 national reunification period
- nineteenth centuryYears 1801-1900
- antebellumBefore a war's start
colonialism · industrialization · imperialism · telegraph · railroad · gaslight · corset · bustle
Post-Reconstruction era leader
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- federal troopsCentral government's military forces
- Southern DemocratsHistorically conservative regional faction
- electoral crisisDisputed election threatening stability
disputed election · labor unrest · martial law · strikebreakers · militia
Style prioritizing perception
- Swan LakeRomantic Russian ballet
- balletClassical dance on pointe
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- literatureBody of written works
Tolstoy · Anna Karenina · Tchaikovsky · Monet · salon · realism · naturalism · aestheticism
Member of Turkish dynasty
- BalkansSoutheastern European peninsula
- Queen VictoriaLong-reigning British empress
- British RajImperial rule over India
- MeijiJapanese modernization era
samurai · colonial expansion · Berlin · Congress · treaty · empire
phonograph
Grooved disc audio player
- EdisonProlific American inventor
- microphoneAudio input device
- telephoneVoice communication device
recording · sound · cylinder · tinfoil · laboratory · Menlo Park · patent · invention · acoustic
Victorian
Of a prim era
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- ReconstructionPost-1865 national reunification period
- nineteenth centuryYears 1801-1900
antebellum · colonialism · industrialization · imperialism · telegraph · railroad · gaslight · corset · bustle · steamship
Rutherford B. Hayes
Post-Reconstruction era leader
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- federal troopsCentral government's military forces
- Southern DemocratsHistorically conservative regional faction
electoral crisis · disputed election · labor unrest · martial law · strikebreakers · militia
impressionism
Style prioritizing perception
Tolstoy · Anna Karenina · Tchaikovsky · literature · Monet · salon · realism · naturalism · aestheticism · Pre-Raphaelite
Ottoman
Member of Turkish dynasty
- BalkansSoutheastern European peninsula
- Queen VictoriaLong-reigning British empress
- British RajImperial rule over India
Meiji · samurai · colonial expansion · Berlin · Congress · treaty · empire
1877the present
Current moment in time
now · today · 2024 · 2025 · contemporary times