1876
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. As of the start of 1876, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1876 MDCCCLXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2629 |
| Armenian calendar | 1325 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6626 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 32–33 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1797–1798 |
| Bengali calendar | 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) 4572 or 4512 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4573 or 4513 |
| 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 | 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 2002 or 1621 or 849 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 2003 or 1622 or 850 |
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