WHAT HAPPENED IN 1876.
Look what happened the 1876.

In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens. (7. September 1876)

Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas. (4. October 1876)

The American Library Association was founded. (6. October 1876)

A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths. (31. October 1876)

New Zealand's provincial government system is dissolved. (1. November 1876)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia. (17. November 1876)

Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain. (23. November 1876)

American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River. (25. November 1876)

The Brooklyn Theater Fire kills at least 278 people in Brooklyn, New York. (5. December 1876)

First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans. (23. December 1876)

The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio. (29. December 1876)