1976 in Rhodesia

Decades:	; 1960s; 1970s; ; ;
See also:	Other events of 1976; Timeline of Rhodesian history;

The following lists events that happened during 1976 in Rhodesia.

Incumbents

8 August - Operation Eland, aka the Nyadzonya Raid, is launched into Mozambique by the Selous Scouts
11 August - Umtali came under rocket attack and mortar attack from Mozambique in retaliation for Operation Eland. Houses were damaged in Greenside and Darlington.

24 September - The Rhodesian Government accepted proposals put forward by U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger for majority rule in Rhodesia within two years.

15 November - 31 guerillas killed by Rhodesian Security Forces in a battle in the Honde Valley

6 December - A retired Catholic bishop, a Catholic priest and a Catholic nun were shot dead in a guerrilla ambush in Lupane. They were 71-year-old retired Bishop of Bulawayo, Rt. Rev. Adolph Schmitt, 65-year-old Fr Possenti Weggarten, principal of Regina Mundi Secondary School in Lupane, and Sr Maria Frances van den Berg.^[2]
19 December - 27 male workers killed by guerillas at a tea estate in the Honde Valley.

6 December - Retired Catholic bishop of Bulawayo, Rt. Rev. Adolph Gregory Schmitt, aged 71. Shot by guerillas in Lupane

^ Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
^ "Survivor Tells of Rhodesia Ambush". The New York Times. 6 December 1976. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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