1876

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

• December 25 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.

Events

• The telephone is invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
• The United States celebrated its 100th birthday.
• The Falkland Island Fox becomes extinct.