Editing 1876 (section)

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[[File:Pellegrinibydegas.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist)]] by [[Edgar Degas]], c. 1876 - <small>Medium: Oil paint on paper mounted on board ; Dimensions: Frame: 800 × 515 × 85 mm support: 632 × 340 mm ; Collection: [[Tate]].</small>]]
* The [[Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79]], which will claim 30&nbsp;million lives and become the [[List of natural disasters by death toll|5th-worst famine in recorded history]], begins after the droughts of the previous year.
* [[Heinz Tomato Ketchup]] is introduced in the United States.
* [[Adolphus Busch]]'s brewery, [[Anheuser-Busch]] in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], first markets [[Budweiser]], a [[pale lager]], as a nationally sold [[beer]].
* [[Charles Wells Ltd|Charles Wells]] opens his [[brewery]], based in [[Bedford]], England.
* Star Oil Company, predecessor of the global [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] [[energy]] product and sales brand, is founded in [[California]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
* [[Emile Berliner]] invents an improved form of [[microphone]] which will be adopted for  [[Alexander Graham Bell]]'s telephone.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Birth of the Microphone: How Sound Became Signal|language=en-us|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/01/birth-of-the-microphone/|access-date=2023-09-19|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>
* Lyford House, by [[Richardson Bay]], [[Tiburon, California]], is constructed.
* Construction of [[Spandau Prison]] in Berlin is completed.
* [[Samurai]] are banned from carrying swords in [[Japan]], and their stipends are replaced by a one-time grant of income-bearing bonds.
* The [[Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland]] is founded.
* [[Heinrich Schliemann]] begins excavation at [[Mycenae]].
* [[Stockport Lacrosse Club]], thought to be the oldest existing [[lacrosse]] club in the world, is founded at Cale Green Cricket Club in [[Davenport, Greater Manchester|Davenport, near Manchester]] in England, where they will still be playing in the 21st century.