Major Events
- Feb 14 Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents, the Supreme Court eventually rules Bell the rightful inventor
- Feb 17 Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine
- Mar 7 Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US
- Jun 25 Battle of the Little Bighorn: US 7th Cavalry under Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in what has become famously known as "Custer's Last Stand"
- Oct 31 Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ravages British India (Modern-day Bangladesh), over 200,000 killed
- Nov 30 Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann finds the gold Mask of Agamemnon at Mycenae (modern Greece) "the Mona Lisa of prehistory" [1]
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1876 in Music
- Apr 8 Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda" premieres in Milan
- Apr 22 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky completes his ballet "Swan Lake"
- Aug 17 Richard Wagner's opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth
- Nov 4 Johannes Brahms' 1st Symphony in C premieres in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden
1876 in Sport
- Feb 3 Albert Spalding invests $800 to start sporting goods company, manufacturing first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball and football
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Fun Fact About 1876
Bananas become popular in US, at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
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Articles About 1876
Telephone Invention Dispute? That Rings a Bell
There was fierce competition among 19th Century inventors to come up with a working telephone. Alexander Graham Bell won and was granted a patent on this day.March 7Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone
The original drawing filed with Alexander Graham Bell's patent application for the telephoneMarch 7Mr. Watson come here, I want you
Alexander Graham Bell spoke only briefly by phone to his assistant on this day in 1876, but it proved to be a pioneering moment in telecoms history.March 10Custer's Last Stand
George Armstrong Custer was a fun-loving rebel who developed into one of America’s national heroes. He will always be remembered for Custer’s Last Stand.June 25Wild Bill, The Wild West, and Wild Exaggeration
Wild Bill Hickok is a legend of the Wild West, a gunfighting sheriff who shot dead numerous men as he fought for law and order. But is it all a bit exaggerated?August 2Why Mata Hari Was Not the Spy You Thought She Was
The controversial life and death of Mata Hari, the glamorous WWI double agent, executed in 1917, has recently been reassessed in the light of new evidence.August 7Mask of Agamemnon
The Golden Mask of Agamemnon, found in Tomb V in Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876November 30
Famous Weddings in 1876
- Aug 23 Sharp Shooter Annie Oakley weds traveling show marksman Frank E. Butler
- Sep 27 Poet Frederic Mistral (46) weds Marie Louise Aimee Rivière