Timeline August 1876

Events in August 1876 3

• 1837 – 1876 Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876) Died 2 August 1876, aged 39 James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was a folk hero of the American frontier, known as a gunfighter, lawman, and gambler. He was shot and killed while playing poker in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, on August 2, 1876.
• 1876 Ottoman succession crisis deposes two sultans Abdulaziz and Murad V both lose the throne within months Sultan Abdulaziz was deposed in a palace coup on May 30, 1876, and found dead days later. His successor Murad V, judged mentally unfit, was himself deposed on August 31, 1876, and replaced by his brother Abdul Hamid II, giving the Ottoman Empire three sultans in a single year.
• 1876 Colorado admitted as a US state The "Centennial State" joins the Union Colorado was admitted as the 38th state of the United States on August 1, 1876, the centennial year of American independence, earning it the nickname the Centennial State.