1876 - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Events Toggle Events subsection 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 1.13 Date unknown 2 Births Toggle Births subsection 2.1 January–March 2.2 April–June 2.3 July–September 2.4 October–December 2.5 Probable date 3 Deaths Toggle Deaths subsection 3.1 January–June 3.2 July–December 3.3 Date unknown 4 References Toggle the table of contents 1876 176 languages Аԥсшәа Afrikaans Alemannisch አማርኛ Aragonés العربية الدارجة مصرى Asturianu Kotava Azərbaycanca تۆرکجه Башҡортса Basa Bali Boarisch Bikol Central Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Беларуская Български বাংলা বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী Brezhoneg Bosanski Català 閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ Нохчийн Cebuano کوردی Corsu Qırımtatarca Čeština Kaszëbsczi Чӑвашла Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Zazaki Ελληνικά Emiliàn e rumagnòl Esperanto Español Eesti Euskara فارسی Suomi Võro Føroyskt Français Arpetan Nordfriisk Furlan Frysk Gaeilge 贛語 Kriyòl gwiyannen Gàidhlig Galego Avañe'ẽ Gaelg עברית हिन्दी Fiji Hindi Hrvatski Hornjoserbsce Kreyòl ayisyen Magyar Հայերեն Արեւմտահայերէն Interlingua Bahasa Indonesia Ilokano Ido Íslenska Italiano 日本語 Jawa ქართული Qaraqalpaqsha Қазақша ಕನ್ನಡ 한국어 Къарачай-малкъар Ripoarisch Коми Latina Lëtzebuergesch Лезги Limburgs Ligure Lombard Lietuvių Latviešu मैथिली Basa Banyumasan Мокшень Malagasy Олык марий Māori Minangkabau Македонски मराठी Кырык мары Bahasa Melayu မြန်မာဘာသာ Эрзянь مازِرونی Nāhuatl Napulitano Nedersaksies Plattdüütsch नेपाल भाषा Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Norsk bokmål Nouormand Sesotho sa Leboa Occitan Livvinkarjala ଓଡ଼ିଆ Ирон ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Papiamentu Polski پنجابی Português Runa Simi Română Русский Русиньскый संस्कृतम् Саха тыла Sardu Sicilianu سنڌي Davvisámegiella Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски တႆး Simple English Slovenčina Slovenščina Anarâškielâ Shqip Српски / srpski Seeltersk Sunda Svenska Kiswahili Ślůnski தமிழ் తెలుగు Тоҷикӣ ไทย Türkmençe Tagalog Tolışi Türkçe Татарча / tatarça Удмурт Українська اردو Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Vèneto Tiếng Việt West-Vlams Volapük Walon Winaray 吴语 მარგალური ייִדיש Vahcuengh Zeêuws 文言 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí 粵語 中文 Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Switch to legacy parser Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the year 1876. For the novel by Gore Vidal, see 1876 (novel). Calendar year Years Millennium 2nd millennium Centuries 18th century 19th century 20th century Decades 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s Years 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 v t e 1876 in various calendarsGregorian calendar 1876 MDCCCLXXVI Ab urbe condita 2629 Armenian calendar 1325 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԵ Assyrian calendar 6626 Baháʼí calendar 32–33 Balinese saka calendar 1797–1798 Bengali calendar 1282–1283 Berber calendar 2826 British Regnal year 39 Vict. 1 – 40 Vict. 1 Buddhist calendar 2420 Burmese calendar 1238 Byzantine calendar 7384–7385 Chinese calendar 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4573 or 4366     — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4574 or 4367 Coptic calendar 1592–1593 Discordian calendar 3042 Ethiopian calendar 1868–1869 Hebrew calendar 5636–5637 Hindu calendars  - Vikram Samvat 1932–1933  - Shaka Samvat 1797–1798  - Kali Yuga 4976–4977 Holocene calendar 11876 Igbo calendar 876–877 Iranian calendar 1254–1255 Islamic calendar 1292–1293 Japanese calendar Meiji 9 (明治９年) Javanese calendar 1804–1805 Julian calendar Gregorian minus 12 days Korean calendar 4209 Minguo calendar 36 before ROC 民前36年 Nanakshahi calendar 408 Thai solar calendar 2418–2419 Tibetan calendar ཤིང་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Boar) 2002 or 1621 or 849     — to — མེ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Rat) 2003 or 1622 or 850 1876 by topic Humanities Animation Archaeology Architecture Art Literature Poetry Music By country Australia Belgium Brazil Canada China Denmark France Germany New Zealand Norway Portugal Russia South Africa Sweden United Kingdom United States Other topics Rail transport Science Sports Lists of leaders Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders Territorial governors Religious leaders Law Birth and death categories Births Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments Disestablishments Works category Works v t e 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1876th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 876th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1876, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. Calendar year Events [edit] January [edit] January 1 The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol, in the United Kingdom.[1] January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts.[2] February [edit] February 2 Third Carlist War (Spain): Battle of Montejurra – The new commander General Fernando Primo de Rivera marches on the remaining Carlist stronghold at Estella, where he meets a force of about 1,600 men under General Carlos Calderón, at nearby Montejurra. After a courageous and costly defence, Calderón is forced to withdraw. The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is formed at a meeting in Chicago; it replaces the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. Morgan Bulkeley of the Hartford Dark Blues is selected as the league's first president. February 14 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a U.S. patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. February 19 – Third Carlist War: Government troops under General Primo de Rivera drive through the weak Carlist forces protecting Estella and take the city by storm. February 22 – Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland. February 24 – The first stage production of the verse-play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen premieres, with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, in Christiania (modern-day Oslo), Norway. February 26 – The Japanese force the Korean government to sign the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876 (having brought a fleet to Incheon, the port of modern-day Seoul), opening three ports to Japanese trade and forcing Korea's Joseon dynasty to cease considering itself a tributary of China. On China's urging, Korea also signs treaties with the European powers, in an effort to counterbalance Japan. February 28 – Third Carlist War: The Carlist forces do not succeed, and the promises are never fulfilled. The Carlist pretender Carlos, Duke of Madrid, goes into exile in France, bringing the conflict to an end after four years. February–March – The Harvard Lampoon humor magazine is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. March [edit] March 2 – United States Secretary of War William W. Belknap resigns his office in the wake of the trader post scandal. March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for the telephone.[3] March 10 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call, saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you". March 20 – Through constitutional reform taking legal effect, Louis De Geer becomes the first Prime Minister of Sweden. March Thousands of Plains Indians in the United States travel to an encampment of the Sioux chief Sitting Bull in the region of the Little Bighorn River, creating the last great gathering of native peoples on the Great Plains.[4] American librarian Melvil Dewey first publishes the Dewey Decimal Classification system.[5] April [edit] April 1 – Lars Magnus Ericsson starts a small mechanical workshop in Stockholm, Sweden (from April 27 partnering with Carl Johan Andersson), dealing with telegraphy equipment, which grows into the worldwide company Ericsson. April 12 – The Indian Act comes into force in Canada. April 17 – Friends Academy is founded by Gideon Frost at Locust Valley, New York. May [edit] May 1 The Royal Titles Act 1876 in the UK Parliament confers the title 'Empress of India' upon Queen Victoria from 1877. The Settle–Carlisle Railway in England is opened to passenger traffic (it opened to goods traffic in 1875). May 2 (April 20 O.S.) – April Uprising of 1876 in Ottoman Bulgaria begins: members of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee rise up against their Ottoman Empire overlords. Over the course of one month and 6 days, the rebellion is suppressed by irregular Ottoman bashi-bazouk units that engage in indiscriminate slaughter of both rebels and non-combatants, killing 15,000–30,000, including the principal rebel leaders and around 5,000 in the Batak massacre. Although the rising does not immediately succeed in its aims, reports of the "Bulgarian Horrors" cause a public outcry in the West and the liberation of Bulgaria is achieved two years later.[6] May 10 The Centennial Exposition begins in Philadelphia. Major pharmaceutical brand Eli Lilly is founded in Indiana, United States.[7] May 11/12 – Berlin Memorandum: Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary propose an armistice between Turkey and its insurgents. May 16 British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli rejects the Berlin Memorandum. German American "Napoleon of crime" Adam Worth steals Gainsborough's Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire from a London gallery three weeks after its sale at Christie's for 10,000 guineas, the highest price ever paid for a painting at auction at this time.[8] It is not recovered until 1901. May 17 – Nicolaus Otto files his patent for the four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine.[9] May 18 – Wyatt Earp starts work in Dodge City, Kansas, serving under Marshal Larry Deger. May 29 – The United States Senate votes 37 to 29 that U.S. Secretary of War William W. Belknap cannot be barred from trial and impeachment, despite being a private citizen; however, this is far short of the two-thirds majority required and thus he is acquitted. May 30 Abdülaziz is deposed by his nephew Murad V as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire on the grounds of mismanaging the economy; 6 days later, Abdülaziz is found dead at the Çırağan Palace in Istanbul and 93 days later Murad is deposed by Abdul Hamid II on the grounds of mental illness. For this reason, in Turkey 1876 is known as the 'Year of the Three Sultans'. The Ems Ukaz, a secret decree, is issued by Tsar Alexander II of Russia in the German city of Bad Ems, aimed at stopping the printing and distribution of Ukrainian-language publications in the Russian E…