WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1876
Find out what all happened February to December 1876

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

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

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

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

Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone". (7. March 1876)

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

An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City. (4. June 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)

Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state. (1. August 1876)

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

New Zealand's provincial government system is dissolved. (1. November 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 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized. (11. April 1876)

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

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

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

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

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