Editing 1876 (section)

=== July &ndash; September ===
[[File:Punch - The Dogs of War.png|thumb|300px|''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' cartoon from [[June 17]]. Russia preparing to let slip the "Dogs of War", its imminent engagement in the growing Balkan [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)|conflict between Slavic states]] and [[Turkey]], while policeman [[John Bull]] (Britain) warns Russia to take care. The Slavic states of Serbia and Montenegro would declare war on Turkey two weeks later.]]
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Serbia]] [[Declaration of war|declares war]] on the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[July 2]] &ndash; [[Montenegro]] declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
* [[July 4]] &ndash; The United States [[Centennial Exposition]] is celebrated across the country.
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Reichstadt Agreement]]: Russia and Austria-Hungary agree on partitioning the [[Balkan Peninsula]].
* [[July 13]] &ndash; The prosecution of [[Arthur Tooth]], an [[Anglican]] [[clergyman]], for using [[Ritualism in the Church of England|ritualist]] practices begins.
* [[August 1]] 
** [[Colorado]] is admitted as the 38th [[U.S. state]].
** The United States Senate votes to acquit former Secretary of War [[William W. Belknap]] of all [[Federal impeachment in the United States|impeachment]] charges relating to the [[trader post scandal]].
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Wild Bill Hickok]] is murdered in [[Deadwood, South Dakota]].
* [[August 6]] &ndash; The first issue of [[Arabic language]] [[newspaper]] ''[[Al-Ahram]]'' is published by [[Saleem Takla|Saleem]] and [[:fr:Beshara Tekla|Beshara Takla]] in [[Alexandria]], [[Muhammad Ali dynasty]] (modern-day [[Egypt]]).<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/book1561 |title=The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Hungarian and Canadian Perspectives |date=2010 |publisher=University of Ottawa Press |isbn=978-0-7766-1846-3 |editor-last=Adam |editor-first=Christopher |pages=126 |doi=10.1353/book1561 |editor-last2=Egervari |editor-first2=Tibor |editor-last3=Laczko |editor-first3=Leslie |editor-last4=Young |editor-first4=Judy}}</ref>
* [[August 8]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] receives a patent for his [[mimeograph]].
* [[August 13]] &ndash; The [[Bayreuth Festival]], showcasing the stage works of [[Richard Wagner]], is inaugurated under the direction of him and his wife [[Cosima Wagner|Cosima]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hilmes|first=Oliver|author-link=Oliver Hilmes|title=Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven and London|year=2011|isbn=978-0-300-17090-0|pages=152–153|ref={{harvid|Hilmes}}}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Prairie View A&M University]], at the time named Alta Vista Agriculture & Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth, is founded, the first state-supported [[Historically black colleges and universities|HBCU]] in the state of [[Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=hnabbasi |title=History |url=https://www.pvamu.edu/1890celebration/history/#:~:text=Since%20its%20founding%20on%20August,determined%20young%20students%20in%20Texas. |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=1890 Land Grant Universities Celebration |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Murad V]], [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]], is deposed and succeeded by his brother [[Abdul Hamid II]].
* [[September 5]] &ndash; British Prime Minister [[William Gladstone]] publishes his ''Bulgarian Horrors'' pamphlet.
* [[September 7]] &ndash; In [[Northfield, Minnesota]], [[Jesse James]] and the [[James–Younger Gang]] attempt to rob the town's bank, but are surrounded by an angry mob and nearly wiped out.
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[King Leopold II]] of Belgium hosts the [[Brussels Geographic Conference]], on the subject of colonizing and exploring central Africa. By the event's conclusion, a new international body named the [[International African Association]] (indirect forerunner of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|modern Congo state]]) is established.
* [[September 26]] &ndash; Global [[consumer goods]] and [[personal care]] company [[Henkel]] is founded by [[Friedrich Karl Henkel]] in [[Aachen]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=KGaA |first=Henkel AG & Co |title=175 Years Fritz Henkel |url=https://fritz-henkel.com/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=fritz-henkel.com |language=en}}</ref>