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 in the year 1870.  

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

Aug 18   On this day in history battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties  

Aug 18   Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle in the year 1870.  

Aug 19   Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War) on this day in history.  

Aug 24   On this day in history 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   Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet in the year 1870.  

Aug 31   Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response) in the year 1870.  

Sep 01   Napoleon III captured at Sedan on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Timotei Popovici, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Marie Ault, [Mary Cragg], Wigan England in the year 1870.  

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

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

Sep 04   In the year 1870 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] in the year 1870.  

Sep 08   In the year 1870 hermann Hans Wetzler, composer  

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 in the year 1870.  

Sep 15   On this day in history dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18)  

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

Sep 19   On this day in history siege of Paris begins  

Sep 20   On this day in history italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French  

Sep 22   Arthur Willard Pryor, composer in the year 1870.  

Sep 23   On this day in history john Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist  

Sep 24   Georges Claude, inventor (neon light) on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 30   On this day in history jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926)  

Oct 01   In the year 1870 pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells)  

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Jan 02   Ernst Barlach, writer was born in the year 1870.  

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

Jan 03   Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)  

Jan 09   Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge) was born in the year 1870.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 11   On this day in history 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)