1976 in Rhodesia

The following lists events that happened during 1976 in Rhodesia.

Incumbents

 * President: John Wrathall (starting 31 December)
 * Prime Minister: Ian Smith

June

 * 23–24 June – B.J. Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa and Henry Kissinger, United States Secretary of State, hold talks in West Germany over the Rhodesian issue.

August

 * 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.

September

 * 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.

November

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

December

 * 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.
 * 19 December - 27 male workers killed by guerillas at a tea estate in the Honde Valley.

Unknown

 * Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo form the Patriotic Front

Births

 * 6 July - Bobby Skinstad - former South Africa National Rugby Team captain

Deaths

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