** Bernard Darwin ( 1876 – 1961 ), golf writer

* 1944 – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian writer ( b. 1876 )

Nevertheless, prominent figures were known to form homosexual relationships, including Narcyza Żmichowska ( 1819 – 1876 ), a writer and founder of the Polish feminist movement, who used her private experiences in her writing.

* 1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer ( d. 1876 )

* 1802 – Harriet Martineau, English theorist and writer ( d. 1876 )

* 1804 – George Sand, French writer ( d. 1876 )

* John Brown ( fugitive slave ) ( c. 1810 – 1876 ), writer of Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings and Escape of John Brown published in London, UK 1855

* 1876 – Borisav Stanković, Serbian writer ( d. 1927 )

* 1876 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American writer ( d. 1972 )

* 1876 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer ( d. 1958 )

* December 11 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer ( b. 1876 )

* October 22 – Borisav " Bora " Stanković, Serbian writer ( b. 1876 )

** George Sand, French writer ( d. 1876 )

* Herman Bernstein ( 1876 – 1935 ), Jewish American journalist and writer

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje ( 9 October 1876 – 19 June 1932 ) was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer.

* John Thomas Perceval ( 1803 – 1876 ), army officer, writer and campaigner

* November 5-Ole Edvart Rolvaag, Norwegian-American writer ( born 1876 )

* April 30-Anna de Noailles, French writer ( born 1876 )

Ziya Gökalp ( born Mehmed Ziya ; March 23, 1876, Çermik, Diyarbakır Province – October 25, 1924, Istanbul ) was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and political activist.

Zitkala-Ša ( 1876 – 1938 ) ( Dakota: pronounced zitkála-ša, which translates to " Red Bird "), also known by the missionary-given name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Sioux writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist.

* William Wilde ( 1815 – 1876 ), Irish eye and ear surgeon, writer on medicine, archaeology and folklore, father of Oscar Wilde

* Julius Leopold Klein ( 1810 – 1876 ) German writer

* Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller ( 1876 – 1952 ), writer, socialite and singer

* Max Jacob ( 1876 – 1944 ), poet, painter, writer and critic

' Gelignite ', or blasting gelatin, as it was named, was patented in 1876 ; and was followed by a host of similar combinations, modified by the addition of potassium nitrate and various other substances.

They were first observed in 1869 by German physicist Johann Hittorf, and were named in 1876 by Eugen Goldstein kathodenstrahlen, or cathode rays.

The depression is named after the British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Challenger, whose expedition of 1872 – 1876 made the first recordings of its depth.

The original vertical-lift span of the Dumbarton Bridge, shown in 1984 shortly before it was demolishedThe bridge has never been officially named, but its commonly used name comes from Dumbarton Point, named in 1876 after Dumbarton, Scotland.

The hectograph, introduced around 1876, was so named because it could produce ( in theory ) up to a hundred copies.

On-site work began in January 1876 and was complete by the end of October 1877: the bridge was ceremonially opened by King Luis I and Queen Maria Pia, after whom the bridge was named, on 4 November.

These reforms included guarantees to ensure the Ottoman subjects perfect security for their lives, honour, and property ; the introduction of the first Ottoman paper banknotes ( 1840 ) and opening of the first post offices ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the finance system according to the French model ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the Civil and Criminal Code according to the French model ( 1840 ); the establishment of the Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye ( 1841 ) which was the prototype of the First Ottoman Parliament ( 1876 ); the reorganization of the army and a regular method of recruiting, levying the army, and fixing the duration of military service ( 1843 – 44 ); the adoption of an Ottoman national anthem and Ottoman national flag ( 1844 ); the first nationwide Ottoman census in 1844 ( only male citizens were counted ); the first national identity cards ( officially named the Mecidiye identity papers, or informally kafa kağıdı ( head paper ) documents, 1844 ); the institution of a Council of Public Instruction ( 1845 ) and the Ministry of Education ( Mekatib-i Umumiye Nezareti, 1847, which later became the Maarif Nezareti, 1857 ); the abolition of slavery and slave trade ( 1847 ); the establishment of the first modern universities ( darülfünun, 1848 ), academies ( 1848 ) and teacher schools ( darülmuallimin, 1848 ); establishment of the Ministry of Healthcare ( Tıbbiye Nezareti, 1850 ); the Commerce and Trade Code ( 1850 ); establishment of the Academy of Sciences ( Encümen-i Daniş, 1851 ); establishment of the Şirket-i Hayriye which operated the first steam-powered commuter ferries ( 1851 ); the first European style courts ( Meclis-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, 1853 ) and supreme judiciary council ( Meclis-i Ali-yi Tanzimat, 1853 ); establishment of the modern Municipality of Istanbul ( Şehremaneti, 1854 ) and the City Planning Council ( İntizam-ı Şehir Komisyonu, 1855 ); the abolition of the capitation ( Jizya ) tax on non-Muslims, with a regular method of establishing and collecting taxes ( 1856 ); non-Muslims were allowed to become soldiers ( 1856 ); various provisions for the better administration of the public service and advancement of commerce ; the establishment of the first telegraph networks ( 1847 – 1855 ) and railroads ( 1856 ); the replacement of guilds with factories ; the establishment of the Ottoman Central Bank ( originally established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası, established in 1866 ); the Land Code ( Arazi Kanunnamesi, 1857 ); permission for private sector publishers and printing firms with the Serbesti-i Kürşad Nizamnamesi ( 1857 ); establishment of the School of Economical and Political Sciences ( Mekteb-i Mülkiye, 1859 ); the Press and Journalism Regulation Code ( Matbuat Nizamnamesi, 1864 ); among others.

Challenger was named after HMS Challenger, a British corvette that was the command ship for the Challenger Expedition, a pioneering global marine research expedition undertaken from 1872 through 1876.

Classified under the heading " Collins " with similarly named whisky and brandy drinks, Jerry Thomas ' Tom Collins Gin instructed :< u > Jerry Thomas ' Tom Collins Gin ( 1876 )</ u >( Use large bar-glass.

The university was founded on January 22, 1876 and named for its benefactor, the philanthropist Johns Hopkins.

* Kee-too-way-how (‘ Sounding With Flying Wings ’, better known as Alexander Cayen dit Boudreau, Chief of the Parklands or Willow Cree at Muskeg Lake, born 1834 St. Boniface, Manitoba, son of Pierre Narcisse Cayen dit Boudreau and Adelaide Catherine Arcand (‘ Kaseweetin ’), though he was of Métis descent he became chief of the Willow Cree and the Métis, who were living with the Cree, brother of Petequakey (‘ Isidore Cayen dit Boudreau ’), lived along Duck Lake, signed 1876 Treaty 6 and settled in a reserve at Muskeg Lake-that was later named after his brother Petequakey-but left the reserve in 1880 and lived again in the following years close to St. Laurent de Grandin mission, played a prominent role during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 in which he participated in every battle, served also as an emissary of the Métis leader Gabriel Dumont to ask the Assiniboine for support, on 23 May 1885 he also submitted the declaration of surrender of Pitikwahanapiwiyin (' Poundmaker ') to General Middleton, was captured on the 1st June 1885, in the subsequent trial of Kee-too-way-how at Regina, Louis Cochin testified that he and the carters in the camp of Pitikwahanapiwiyin survived only thanks to the intercession by Kee-way-too-how and its people, despite the positive testimony, he was on 14 August 1885 sentenced to imprisonment for seven years for his involvement in the Métis rebellion, died 1886 ).

In 1819 the island of Funafuti, was named Ellice's Island ; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay ( 1812 – 1876 ).

The city is named after a Ponderosa Pine flagpole made by a scouting party from Boston ( known as the " Second Boston Party ") to celebrate the United States Centennial on July 4, 1876.

The county derives its name from the town of Madera, named when the California Lumber Company built a log flume to carry lumber to the Central Pacific Railroad there in 1876.

Route 80 is also known as " Helen Henderson Highway, In 1876, Grundy was chosen and became the county seat of Buchanan County, it was named in honor of Felix Grundy, a Senator from Tennessee.

Officially formed in 1876, the county is named for Royal Tyler Wheeler, a chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

Terry County was formed from Bexar County in 1876 and named for Col. Benjamin Franklin Terry, who commanded the Terry's Texas Rangers in the Civil War.

Oldham County was formed in 1876 and organized in 1880, and named for Williamson Simpson Oldham, a Texas pioneer and Confederate Senator.

* 1876 Garza County is formed from Bexar County, and named for the prominent Bexar County family of José Antonio de la Garza.

In 1876 the state legislature identified and named the county, but it was not organized until 1890, with the town of LaPlata as the original county seat.

Borden County was created in 1876 from Bosque County and named for Gail Borden, Jr., the inventor of condensed milk.

It was named for Dighton Corson, a native of Maine, who came to the Black Hills in 1876, and in 1877 began practicing law at Deadwood.

In 1876, the building ( then named the " Bedford Hotel ") housed the coroners inquest into the notorious unsolved murder of Charles Bravo, a resident and lawyer who was poisoned, possibly by his wife.