1876
year
The year 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.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s – 1870s – 1880s 1890s 1900s |
| Years: | 1873 1874 1875 – 1876 – 1877 1878 1879 |
Births change
- April 27 - Irma Sèthe, Belgian violinist.
- December 25 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.
Events change
- The telephone is invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
- The United States celebrated its 100th birthday.
- The Falkland Island Fox becomes extinct.
- George Armstrong Custer dies with his troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn