Historical Events In 1870

Mar 14 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible

Mar 31 Thomas P Mundy became first black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ)

Mar 07 Wyoming women allowed on juries; the right later was taken away.

Mar 30 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race

Mar 30 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union

Mar 17 Massachusetts legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary

Aug 17 The first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington

Aug 17 Mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming)

Aug 15 Transcontinental Railway actually completed

Aug 13 Armed tug Palos becomes first U.S. Navy ship to transit Suez Canal

Aug 17 Western Australia is granted representative government

Aug 06 White conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature

Aug 16 Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion

Sep 04 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king

Sep 01 Napoleon III captured at Sedan

Feb 26 First NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered)

Feb 15 Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN

Feb 10 The birth of Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor.

Feb 10 City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)

Feb 25 Hiram Revels, Mississippi, is sworn in as first black member of Congress (Senator)

Feb 10 YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY)

Feb 01 Founding of the Quebec Provincial Police force.

Feb 09 Grant signs the bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service

Feb 23 Mississippi is readmitted to the Union, after the Civil War.

Feb 02 The Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum

Feb 03 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed

Feb 05 The first motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia

Feb 12 Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for US silver coins to circulate in Canada

Feb 12 Women residents of the Utah Territory are granted the right to vote.

Feb 02 Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira NY

Apr 09 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves

Apr 30 The birth of Franz Lehar, Hungarian composer

Apr 04 Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800

Apr 08 Patrick Gass sgt of Lewis &Clark Expedition, dies at 98

Apr 19 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #110 Lydia

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