Gustave Cailbotte, Le Pont de l-Europe, 1876 (above). This is a bridge outside le gare St. Lazare that was painted extensively by Monet. Degas, L'Absinth (right).

The construction of Sacre Coeur is in progress.

Founding of the journal Le Petit Parisien. This was an immediate success, with a circulation of 500,000. The magazine lasted until 1944, when the name was changed. (AF)

The National Institute for Agriculture, suppressed  in 1852, was reestablished in Paris. (AF)

Founding of the Catholic Institute. CHF)

More broadly:

Alexandre le Grand creates a secret society to make and sell 'Benedictine of the ancient abbey of Fecamp.' If this is today's Benedictine, it is still a good taste. (AF)

Founding, by Jules Guesde, of the first sociology journal - L'Egalite. (CHF)

Jenseen creates an astro-physics lab. (CHF)

Troubles in the Balkans: Serbia and Montenegro declare war on the Ottoman Empire. (CHF)

Revolt by Bulgaria against the Turks. (CHF)

An international conference in Brussels to talk about the colonization of Africa - basically to divvy the spoils.. France expands its territory in Senegal. (CHF)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876, Musee d'Orsay, Paris.