1876
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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.

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Births
- April 27 - Irma Sèthe, Belgian violinist.
- December 25 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.
Events
- 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
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