1876

Year 1876 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - orders all  to move into reservations
 * - The of  is formed.
 * - makes peace with  after the.
 * - ratifies its current constitution.
 * - founded in.
 * - is granted a patent for an invention he calls the  (patent # 174,465).
 * - makes the first successful  call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you."

April - June

 * - n.
 * - Six prisoners escape from a penal colony in,  with the aid of ship.
 * - The Settle to Carlisle Railway in England is opened to passenger traffic.
 * - The begins in,.
 * - - Berlin Memorandum - Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary propose an armistice between Turkey and its s.
 * - British prime minister rejects.
 * - starts work in, serving under  Larry Deger.
 * - An express called the  arrives in  via the  only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left.
 * - : - 1,500  and  led by  beat back General  forces at Rosebud Creek in.
 * - Indian Wars: .  of the  leads a unit of 300 men in battle against the allied forces of,  and , counting 5000 men under the leadership of  and . The latter emerge victorious.

July - September

 * -  on.
 * - declares war on.
 * - The celebrates its.
 * - Reichstadt Agreement between Russia and Austria-Hungary on partitioning the Balkan peninsula.
 * - The prosecution of, an , for using  practices begins.
 * - is admitted as the 38th.
 * - receives a patent for his.
 * -, of the  is deposed and succeeded by his brother.
 * - publishes Bulgarian Horrors pamphlet.
 * - In, and the  attempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly wiped out.

October - December

 * -, opened for classes.
 * - Catastrophic strikes the east coast of . 200,000 people lose their lives.
 * - A, 6.1 meters long, washes ashore in in
 * - The is held. After long and heated disputes,  would be declared the winner over.
 * - The ends in,.
 * - Corrupt leader William Marcy Tweed (better known as ) is delivered to authorities in  after being captured in.
 * - : In retaliation for the dramatic defeat at the,  troops under General  sack 's sleeping  village at the headwaters of the  (the soldiers destroyed all of the villager's winter food and clothing and then slashed their ponies' throats).
 * - becomes President of.
 * - A theater fire kills more than 300.
 * - The first in the  took place in a crematory built by.
 * - occurs, leaving 92 dead.

Undated

 * opens his based in, England.
 * Lyford House, by, is constructed
 * Construction of completed.
 * Invention of the internal combustion engine by.
 * are banned from carrying swords in.
 * founded.
 * The founded.
 * and Carl Johan Andersson start a small mechanical workshop in, , dealing with equipment, which grows into the world-wide company.
 * is founded by Gideon Frost.
 * Sports club was founded.
 * was formed.
 * was formed.
 * was published.
 * Was formed

January - June

 * -, (d. )
 * , Italian composer (d. )
 * , American author (d. )
 * -, Polish pianist (d. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, British composer (d. )
 * -, 13th (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , British historian (d. )
 * -, Romanian sculptor (d. )
 * -, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * , French poet (d. )
 * , Magician and stunt performer, founder of the Magician's Guild (d. )
 * -, British composer (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * -, sovereign Prince of Albania (d.)
 * -, n writer (d. )
 * -, stage actress, in , . (d. )
 * -, French painter and poet (d. )
 * -, Irish artist (d. )
 * -, Hungarian physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Slovenian writer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, English chemist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, English chemist (d. )

July - December

 * -, (d. )
 * -, French poet (d. )
 * -, German chemist (d. )
 * -, president of (d. )
 * -, exotic dancer and spy (d. )
 * -, co-founder of the and champion of children's human rights (d. )
 * -, English political activist (d. )
 * -, Scottish-born physician and physiologist, laureate (d. )
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, ninth (d. )
 * -, American social worker, educator, and author (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, British architect (d. )
 * , English cricketer (d. )
 * , Governor of California (d. )
 * -, German photographer (d. )
 * -, Spanish composer (d. )
 * -, American architect (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * -, Australian politician (d. )
 * , founder of Pakistan (d. )
 * , German chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Catalan cellist (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , American architect (d. )
 * , founder of movement (d. )
 * , American architect (d. )
 * , founder of movement (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, grammarian (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American clergyman and author (b. )
 * -, last Tasmanian Aboriginal (b. c. 1812)
 * -, English novelist (b. 1830)
 * -, Czech historian and politician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, French diplomat (b. 1811)
 * -, (b. )
 * -, U.S. Army officer (killed in battle) (b. )

July - December

 * -, Russian revolutionary and anarchist (b. 1814)
 * -, American gunfighter and entertainer (b. )
 * -, American land baron (b. )
 * -, painter (b. )
 * -, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1803)


 * See also .