1876

1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday

Events

• January 12 - The market of Van is burned and Armenian property is destroyed, by orders from the Turkish government.
• April 15 - creation of the Araratian Society in Constantinople
• November 12 - proclamation of the Midhat Constitution in Turkey

Births

• February 19 - Isahak Alikhanyan, actor (d.1946)
• March 13 - Aram Zardaryan, active in the American workers' movement
• March 20 - Hrachia Ajaryan, linguist (d.1953)
• August 18 - Shooshanik Kiurghinyan, poet (d.1927)

Deaths

• November 29 - Nahapet Roosinian, physician and public figure (b.1819)