WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1876
Find out what all happened January to December 1876

A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband. (1. February 1876)

Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V. (30. May 1876)

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. (2. February 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)

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

Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. (8. August 1876)

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

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

The first ever National League baseball game is played in Philadelphia. (22. April 1876)

American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. (17. June 1876)

Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing Dynasty China. (26. February 1876)

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

Founding of the National Amateur Press Association (NAPA) in Philadelphia. (19. February 1876)

Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina (2. June 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)

Ottoman Sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II. (31. August 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)

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)

Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. (14. February 1876)

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