Editing 1877 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 22]] &ndash; The [[Blantyre mining disaster]] in Scotland kills 207 miners.
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s first contemporary realist drama ''[[The Pillars of Society]]'' is premièred at the [[Odense Teater]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Facts about Pillars of Society|url=http://www.ibsen.net/index.gan?id=473|work=Ibsen.net|date=2001-08-10|first=Jens-Morten|last=Hanssen|access-date=2013-02-08}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] announces his invention of the [[phonograph]], a machine that can record sound, considered his first great invention. Edison demonstrates the device for the first time on [[November 29]].
* [[November 22]] &ndash; The first [[college lacrosse]] game is played between [[New York University]] and [[Manhattan University]].
* [[December 9]] &ndash; The fourth battle of the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)|Russo-Turkish War]] is fought, concluding the [[siege of Plevna]].
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Serbia]] restates its previous declaration of war against Turkey.
* [[December 17]] &ndash; Disastrous premiere of [[Anton Bruckner]]'s [[Symphony No. 3 (Bruckner)|Third Symphony in D minor]] at the [[Vienna Philharmonic]]
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Symphony No. 2 (Brahms)|Brahms' Symphony No. 2]] premieres in Vienna.