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   First sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw University in Greencastle IN) in the year 1870.  

Jan 27   In the year 1870 manitoba &Northwest Territories incorporated  

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

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

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

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

Feb 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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   City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1870 yWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY)  

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

Feb 12   On this day in history 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 in the year 1870.  

Feb 13   Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17   In the year 1870 louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)  

Feb 20   Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) in the year 1870.  

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

Feb 23   On this day in history mississippi is readmitted to US  

Feb 25   Hiram Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen-R-MS) on this day in history.  

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   First NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered) on this day in history.  

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1870 karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

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

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

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

Jan 29   In the year 1870 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   In the year 1870 death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)