The First Universalist Church moves from Waterloo to Burlington.

The “Great European” circus performs in Burlington.

June - Following the shooting death of a white man, African-American Smith Williams is taken from the Burlington Jail and lynched.

March 3 - The bizarre Kentucky Meat Shower takes place in Bath County, where what appear to be flakes of red meat fall from the sky.

May 10 - The Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition opens. Exhibits include the telephone, the phonograph, and a sneak peek at the Statue of Liberty, still in progress.

June 25-26 - General Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry are routed at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Queen Victoria adds 'Empress of India' to her titles.

Boone County African American Tax List, 1876.