Historical Events In 1870

Jan 27   1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana) in the year 1870.  

Jan 27   After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union in the year 1870.  

Jan 27   On this day in history first sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw University in Greencastle IN)  

Jan 27   Manitoba &Northwest Territories incorporated on this day in history.  

Feb 01   In the year 1870 founding of the Quebec Provincial Police force.  

Feb 01   On this day in history smallpox in Germany  

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

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

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

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   On this day in history 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia  

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

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   In the year 1870 city of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)  

Feb 10   Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter in the year 1870.  

Feb 10   The birth of Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor on this day in history.  

Feb 10   YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY) in the year 1870.  

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   In the year 1870 women residents of the Utah Territory are granted the right to vote.  

Feb 13   In the year 1870 leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer  

Feb 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1870 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   On this day in history mississippi is readmitted to the Union, after the Civil War.  

Feb 23   Mississippi is readmitted to US in the year 1870.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of ernst Barlach, writer  

Jan 03   Henry Eichheim, composer was born in the year 1870.  

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

Jan 06   Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944) was born in the year 1870.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943)  

Jan 08   Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30) was born in the year 1870.  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945)  

Jan 03   Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS] on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

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

Jan 21   Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812) died in the year 1870.  

Jan 26   Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1870.  

Jan 29   On this day in history death of leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)  

Feb 11   Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Feb 14   St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) died on this day in history.