Historical Events In 1870

Jan 27   In the year 1870 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   In the year 1870 cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum  

Feb 02   Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira NY on this day in history.  

Feb 02   The Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed  

Feb 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1870.  

Feb 07   On this day in history alfred Adler, Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)  

Feb 09   In the year 1870 grant signs the bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service  

Feb 09   US Army establishes US National Weather Service on this day in history.  

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

Feb 10   In the year 1870 fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter  

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

Feb 10   On this day in history yWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY)  

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

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

Feb 12   Women residents of the Utah Territory are granted the right to vote in the year 1870.  

Feb 13   On this day in history leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer  

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

Feb 15   On this day in history ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn  

Feb 17   On this day in history esther Morris appointed 1st female judge  

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

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   On this day in history hiram Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen-R-MS)  

Feb 25   On this day in history hiram Revels, Mississippi, is sworn in as first black member of Congress (Senator)  

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

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1870 birth of ernst Barlach, writer  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1870 birth of lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943)  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS]  

Jan 07   Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1870.  

Jan 11   Adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   On this day in history death of alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)  

Jan 26   In the year 1870 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   St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) died in the year 1870.