Timeline June 1876

Events in June 1876 6

• 1804 – 1876 George Sand (1804-1876) Died 8 June 1876, aged 71 George Sand, the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was a French novelist and memoirist celebrated for works including Indiana and La Mare au Diable. She died at her estate in Nohant on June 8, 1876.
• 1830 – 1876 Abdulaziz (1830-1876) Died 4 June 1876, aged 46 Abdulaziz was the 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1861 until he was deposed in a coup on May 30, 1876. He was found dead in the Topkapi Palace days later, officially ruled a suicide though many historians suspect murder.
• 1839 – 1876 George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) Died 25 June 1876, aged 36 George Armstrong Custer was a US Army officer who rose to fame as a cavalry commander in the Civil War. He was killed with his command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.
• 1876 Publication of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain's novel of boyhood on the Mississippi Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was first published in England in June 1876, followed by a US edition in December. The book became one of the most widely read works of American fiction.
• 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho forces defeat the US 7th Cavalry On June 25-26, 1876, warriors led by Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, inspired by Sitting Bull, annihilated five companies of the US 7th Cavalry under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer near the Little Bighorn River in Montana. The defeat shocked the American public during its centennial year and hastened the Army campaign to force Plains tribes onto reservations.
• 1876 Serbia and Montenegro declare war on the Ottoman Empire Balkan states rise in support of Bulgarian rebels Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire on June 30, 1876, followed by Montenegro, in support of the Bulgarian uprising and Balkan Christian populations. Serbian forces were defeated and an armistice was agreed that autumn, but the conflict drew Russia into the region and led toward the Russo-Turkish War.