Editing 1876 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Texas A&M University]] opens for classes.
* [[October 6]] &ndash; The [[American Library Association]] is founded in [[Philadelphia]].
*[[October 26]] &ndash; [[José María Iglesias]] begins his disputed [[President of Mexico|presidency of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|title=José María Iglesias|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-maria-iglesias/|website=Calderon Presidency de la Republica|language=es|access-date=June 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530050638/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-maria-iglesias/|archive-date=May 30, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[October 31]] &ndash; The great [[1876 Bengal cyclone]] strikes the coast of modern-day Bangladesh, killing 200,000.
* [[November 1]] &ndash; The British [[Colony of New Zealand]] dissolves its [[Provinces of New Zealand|9 provinces]] and replaces them with [[Counties of New Zealand|63 counties]].
* [[November 4]] &ndash; The long-awaited [[Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)|First Symphony]] of [[Johannes Brahms]] has its première at [[Karlsruhe]], under the baton of [[Otto Dessoff]].
* [[November 7]] 
** [[1876 United States presidential election]]: After long and heated disputes, [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] is eventually declared the winner over [[Samuel J. Tilden]].
** A failed grave robbery of the [[Lincoln Tomb]] takes place this night.
* [[November 10]] &ndash; The [[Centennial Exposition]] ends in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].
* [[November 23]] &ndash; Corrupt [[Tammany Hall]] leader William Marcy Tweed (better known as [[Boss Tweed]]) is delivered to authorities in New York City, after being captured in Spain.
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Dull Knife Fight]] &ndash; In retaliation for the dramatic American defeat at the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]], [[United States Army]] troops under General [[Ranald S. Mackenzie]] sack [[Chief Dull Knife]]'s sleeping [[Cheyenne]] village at the headwaters of the [[Powder River (Montana)]]. The soldiers destroy all of the villagers' winter food and clothing, and then slash their ponies' throats.
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Porfirio Díaz]] becomes President of Mexico.
* December &ndash; The first American edition of [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' is published by the [[American Publishing Company]]; a British edition has appeared in early June in London with the first review appearing on June 24 in a British magazine.
* [[December 2]] &ndash; ''Chugai Economic Daily'', predecessor of ''Nikkei Economic Daily'' (''[[Nihon Keizai Shinbun]]''), is first issued in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].<ref>[[:ja:日本経済新聞#沿革]] (Japanese language). Retrieved 2017-10-03.</ref>
* [[December 5]] &ndash; The [[Brooklyn Theatre fire]] kills at least 278, possibly more than 300.
* [[December 6]] &ndash; The first [[cremation]] in the United States takes place, in a crematory built by [[Francis Julius LeMoyne]] at [[North Franklin Township, Pennsylvania]].
* [[December 13]] &ndash; New [[Constitution of the Ottoman Empire]] signed, ending [[Tanzimat]] in the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Constantinople Conference]] opens.
* [[December 29]] &ndash; The [[Ashtabula River railroad disaster]] occurs in [[Ohio]] when a bridge collapses, leaving 92 dead.