Historical Events In 1870

Aug 17   In the year 1870 mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming)  

Aug 17   The first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington on this day in history.  

Aug 17   In the year 1870 western Australia is granted representative government  

Aug 18   In the year 1870 battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties  

Aug 18   On this day in history felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle  

Aug 19   In the year 1870 bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War)  

Aug 24   In the year 1870 the Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.  

Aug 26   In the year 1870 aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]  

Aug 27   On this day in history amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet  

Aug 31   On this day in history maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response)  

Sep 01   In the year 1870 napoleon III captured at Sedan  

Sep 01   On this day in history timotei Popovici, composer  

Sep 02   On this day in history charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48  

Sep 02   Marie Ault, [Mary Cragg], Wigan England on this day in history.  

Sep 02   On this day in history napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies  

Sep 04   3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king in the year 1870.  

Sep 04   On this day in history friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied)  

Sep 06   On this day in history ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die  

Sep 07   Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [OS=Aug 26] on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer in the year 1870.  

Sep 08   Neth & Engl sign "Koelietraktaat" Br-Indian contract work in Suriname on this day in history.  

Sep 10   On this day in history dutch Jurist Cooperation forms  

Sep 11   Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46 on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18) in the year 1870.  

Sep 18   Clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian) on this day in history.  

Sep 19   In the year 1870 siege of Paris begins  

Sep 20   In the year 1870 italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French  

Sep 22   In the year 1870 arthur Willard Pryor, composer  

Sep 23   John Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist in the year 1870.  

Sep 24   In the year 1870 georges Claude, inventor (neon light)  

Sep 26   In the year 1870 christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47)  

Sep 27   In the year 1870 henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50  

Sep 30   Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926) on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Henry Eichheim, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney) was born in the year 1870.  

Jan 06   Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1870 death of alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)  

Jan 26   In the year 1870 cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67  

Jan 29   In the year 1870 death of leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)  

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

Feb 14   On this day in history death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)