Historical Events In 1870

Jan 27   On this day in history 1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana)  

Jan 27   After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union on this day in history.  

Jan 27   In the year 1870 first sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw University in Greencastle IN)  

Jan 27   On this day in history manitoba &Northwest Territories incorporated  

Feb 01   Founding of the Quebec Provincial Police force in the year 1870.  

Feb 02   On this day in history cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum  

Feb 02   Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira NY in the year 1870.  

Feb 02   The Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum in the year 1870.  

Feb 03   15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1870 ada Negri, Italian poet/author (Il Libro di Mara)  

Feb 05   1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia in the year 1870.  

Feb 05   The first motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia on this day in history.  

Feb 07   In the year 1870 alfred Adler, Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)  

Feb 09   Grant signs the bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service on this day in history.  

Feb 09   On this day in history uS Army establishes US National Weather Service  

Feb 10   On this day in history city of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)  

Feb 10   On this day in history fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter  

Feb 10   The birth of Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor in the year 1870.  

Feb 10   YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY) on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1870 jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76  

Feb 12   In the year 1870 official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for US silver coins to circulate in Canada  

Feb 12   On this day in history women residents of the Utah Territory are granted the right to vote.  

Feb 13   Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer in the year 1870.  

Feb 15   In the year 1870 ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN  

Feb 15   Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn on this day in history.  

Feb 17   Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge in the year 1870.  

Feb 17   Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) on this day in history.  

Feb 20   In the year 1870 pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)  

Feb 23   Mississippi is readmitted to the Union, after the Civil War on this day in history.  

Feb 23   In the year 1870 mississippi is readmitted to US  

Feb 25   In the year 1870 hiram Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen-R-MS)  

Feb 25   Hiram Revels, Mississippi, is sworn in as first black member of Congress (Senator) in the year 1870.  

Feb 26   In the year 1870 1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered)  

Feb 26   First NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered) in the year 1870.  

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Jan 02   Ernst Barlach, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1870 birth of henry Eichheim, composer  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)  

Jan 07   Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943) was born in the year 1870.  

Jan 08   In the year 1870 birth of miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)  

Jan 09   In the year 1870 birth of joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)  

Jan 11   Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945) was born in the year 1870.  

Jan 03   In the year 1870 constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS]  

Jan 07   Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 21   Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812) died on this day in history.  

Jan 26   On this day in history cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67  

Jan 29   Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797) died on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1870 jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76  

Feb 14   In the year 1870 death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)