Historical figures in 1876

The atlas holds 12 people and 18 moments here, in 1876. The most recorded lives are Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Vincent van Gogh and Friedrich Nietzsche. Among them Writers, Scientists and Political Leaders.

Notable people

  1. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    in 1876

    3 moments here

    Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…

  2. Vincent van Gogh

    in 1876

    2 moments here

    Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…

  3. Friedrich Nietzsche

    in 1876

    2 moments here

    German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…

  4. Sigmund Freud

    in 1876

    2 moments here

    Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…

  5. Dmitri Mendeleev

    in 1876

    2 moments here

    Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…

  6. Karl Marx

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…

  7. Mahatma Gandhi

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…

  8. Thomas Edison

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

  9. Alfred Nobel

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…

  10. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  11. Giuseppe Verdi

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

  12. Ernest Rutherford

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

Moments

  1. 1876 Meeting Sofija Hess in Baden Alfred Nobel
  2. 1876 Centennial Exposition visit Dmitri Mendeleev
  3. 1876 Pennsylvania oil-fields investigation Dmitri Mendeleev
  4. 1876 Foxhill school years Ernest Rutherford
  5. 1876 Extended stay in Sorrento Friedrich Nietzsche
  6. 1876 Conducts Requiem in Cologne Giuseppe Verdi
  7. 1876 Family settles in Rajkot Mahatma Gandhi
  8. 1876 Conducts zoological research in Trieste Sigmund Freud
  9. 1876 Works in Brücke's physiology institute Sigmund Freud
  10. 1876 Moves to Menlo Park laboratory Thomas Edison
  11. 1876 Arrives to teach in Ramsgate Vincent van Gogh
  12. 1876 Spent summer 1876 in Staraya Russa Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  13. 1876 Attends the Bayreuth Festival Friedrich Nietzsche
  14. 1876 Returned to Bad Ems for a third cure Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  15. 1876 Returned from Ems to Staraya Russa Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  16. 1876 Undertakes a third Karlsbad cure Karl Marx
  17. 1876 Teaches and assists ministry in Isleworth Vincent van Gogh
  18. 1876 Entered Harvard University Theodore Roosevelt

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