Timeline May 1876

Events in May 1876 3

• 1876 Suppression of the Bulgarian April Uprising Ottoman irregulars crush a Bulgarian revolt An uprising by Bulgarian nationalists against Ottoman rule that began on April 20, 1876, was crushed within weeks by irregular Ottoman troops, with massacres at Batak and other villages killing thousands of civilians. News of the atrocities, publicized in Britain by William Gladstone, turned European opinion against the Ottoman Empire and helped trigger the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
• 1876 Centennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia First official World's Fair held in the United States The Centennial International Exhibition opened in Philadelphia on May 10, 1876, marking the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Nearly ten million visitors saw exhibits including the Corliss steam engine before it closed on November 10.
• 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.