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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1876
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| February 6, 1876 |
The Atlanta Herald is put up for sheriff's sale. The Atlanta Constitution purchases the Herald's subscriber lists and a few other assets.
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| February 12, 1876 |
James Augustine Healy is appointed Bishop of Portland, Maine, by Pope Pius the IX.
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James Augustine Healy |
| May 3, 1876 |
The Georgia Republican Convention, held in Atlanta, chooses 13 whites and 9 blacks to represent them at the National Republican Convention in Cincinnati. Additionally, a black man, John Emory Bryant, was appointed chainman of the state central committee. |
| May 4, 1876 |
| July 10, 1876 |
Mary McLeod Bethune is born on a farm near Mayesville, South Carolina
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Mary McLeod Bethune |
| August 16, 1876 |
At a convention held in Macon, Republicans nominate wealthy Atlanta businessman Jonathan Norcross to run for governor against Alfred Colquitt. |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| August 21, 1876 |
Yellow fever strikes Savannah. Within a month 40 people died.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| October 12, 1876 |
CSA Brig. General Pleasant J. Philips dies, Columbus, GA |
| October 12, 1876 |
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Brigadier General Pleasant J. Philips
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Columbus, Georgia |
| October 17, 1876 |
Evan Howell purchases a significant part of the Atlanta Constitution
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| October 18, 1876 |
Having given up on a journalism career in Atlanta, Henry Grady is on the way to the Atlanta passenger depot to catch a train to Augusta and a waiting job. He runs into Evan Howell, who had just purchased a major interest in the Atlanta Constitution. Howell offers Grady a job on the spot and before the train leaves, Grady and Howell are headed for the offices of the Constitution. One of Grady's first hires is Joel Chandler Harris.
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| October 19, 1876 |
Henry Grady hires Joel Chandler Harris, who had fled Savannah because of yellow fever
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
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