1876

Centuries:	18th century 19th century 20th century
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1876 (Events)

1876 was a leap year of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year of the Julian calendar, the 1876th year of the Common Era (CE), 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. 1876 corresponds to the years 32–33 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

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Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, who became a Bahá'í in 1876.

Events

• Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání becomes a Bahá'í.
• August 31: 'Abdu'l-Hamid II becomes Sultan, upon which the banishment decree of Sultan 'Abdu'l-Aziz upon the Baha'is is relaxed.

Births

• February 14: Keith Ransom-Kehler, Hand of the Cause.
• June 14: George Townshend, Hand of the Cause.

Deaths

• Khál Akbar, the eldest uncle of the Báb.