Historical figures in 1876

The atlas holds 26 people and 50 moments here, in 1876. The most recorded lives are Pedro II of Brazil, Porfirio Díaz and Alexander Graham Bell. Among them Writers, Scientists and Political Leaders.

Notable people

  1. Alexander Graham Bell

    in 1876

    4 moments here

    Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…

  2. Alfred Nobel

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…

  3. Anatole France

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…

  4. Arthur Conan Doyle

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…

  5. Bertrand Russell

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…

  6. Dmitri Mendeleev

    in 1876

    2 moments here

    Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…

  7. Edgar de Wahl

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Baltic German mathematician, physics teacher, naval officer, and creator of Occidental, later renamed Interlingue.…

  8. Emperor Meiji

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…

  9. Ernest Rutherford

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

  10. Friedrich Nietzsche

    in 1876

    2 moments here

    German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…

  11. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    in 1876

    3 moments here

    Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…

  12. George Bernard Shaw

    in 1876

    2 moments here

    Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, became a leading Fabian and dramatist,…

  13. George Sand

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…

  14. Giuseppe Verdi

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

  15. Jack London

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…

  16. Johannes Brahms

    in 1876

    4 moments here

    German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms developed as a performer there before touring Central Europe,…

  17. Karl Marx

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…

  18. Mahatma Gandhi

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…

  19. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister and political leader who led the All-India Muslim League and became Pakistan’s first governor-general after…

  20. Pedro II of Brazil

    in 1876

    8 moments here

    Pedro II (1825–1891) was the second and final emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until the 1889 coup that abolished the monarchy.…

  21. Porfirio Díaz

    in 1876

    5 moments here

    José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…

  22. Sigmund Freud

    in 1876

    2 moments here

    Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…

  23. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  24. Thomas Edison

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

Moments

  1. 1876 Meeting Sofija Hess in Baden Alfred Nobel
  2. 1876 Medical student in Edinburgh Arthur Conan Doyle
  3. 1876 Childhood at Pembroke Lodge Bertrand Russell
  4. 1876 Centennial Exposition visit Dmitri Mendeleev
  5. 1876 Pennsylvania oil-fields investigation Dmitri Mendeleev
  6. 1876 Childhood move to Saint Petersburg Edgar de Wahl
  7. 1876 Foxhill school years Ernest Rutherford
  8. 1876 Extended stay in Sorrento Friedrich Nietzsche
  9. 1876 Residence in South Kensington George Bernard Shaw
  10. 1876 Conducts Requiem in Cologne Giuseppe Verdi
  11. 1876 Birth near Third and Brannan Streets Jack London
  12. 1876 Conducting First Symphony Johannes Brahms
  13. 1876 Family settles in Rajkot Mahatma Gandhi
  14. 1876 Travel to New Orleans Pedro II of Brazil
  15. 1876 Travel to San Francisco Pedro II of Brazil
  16. 1876 Travel to Toronto Pedro II of Brazil
  17. 1876 Travel to Washington Pedro II of Brazil
  18. 1876 Visit to Imatrankoski rapids Pedro II of Brazil
  19. 1876 Visit to Niagara Falls Pedro II of Brazil
  20. 1876 Plan of Tuxtepec signing Porfirio Díaz
  21. 1876 Conducts zoological research in Trieste Sigmund Freud
  22. 1876 Works in Brücke's physiology institute Sigmund Freud
  23. 1876 Moves to Menlo Park laboratory Thomas Edison
  24. 1876 Stafford farm summer stays Walt Whitman
  25. 1876 First intelligible telephone sentence Alexander Graham Bell
  26. 1876 Move to England George Bernard Shaw
  27. 1876 Arrival in New York Pedro II of Brazil
  28. 1876 Arrives to teach in Ramsgate Vincent van Gogh
  29. 1876 Centennial Exposition opening Pedro II of Brazil
  30. 1876 Defeat at Icamole Porfirio Díaz
  31. 1876 Centennial Exhibition demonstration Alexander Graham Bell
  32. 1876 Tōhoku tour stop in Sendai Emperor Meiji
  33. 1876 Spent summer 1876 in Staraya Russa Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  34. 1876 Death at Nohant George Sand
  35. 1876 Return to Oaxaca during Tuxtepec revolt Porfirio Díaz
  36. 1876 Senate Library appointment Anatole France
  37. 1876 Attends the Bayreuth Festival Friedrich Nietzsche
  38. 1876 Returned to Bad Ems for a third cure Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  39. 1876 Long-distance telephone call from Brantford Alexander Graham Bell
  40. 1876 Mount Pleasant telephone test Alexander Graham Bell
  41. 1876 Returned from Ems to Staraya Russa Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  42. 1876 Undertakes a third Karlsbad cure Karl Marx
  43. 1876 Teaches and assists ministry in Isleworth Vincent van Gogh
  44. 1876 Entered Harvard University Theodore Roosevelt
  45. 1876 Conducting First Symphony Johannes Brahms
  46. 1876 First Symphony premiere Johannes Brahms
  47. 1876 Battle of Tecoac Porfirio Díaz
  48. 1876 Triumphal entry into Mexico City Porfirio Díaz
  49. 1876 Conducting First Symphony Johannes Brahms
  50. 1876 Birth at Wazir Mansion Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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