Historical Events In 1870

Aug 17   On this day in history mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming)  

Aug 17   In the year 1870 the first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington  

Aug 17   Western Australia is granted representative government in the year 1870.  

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   On this day in history bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War)  

Aug 24   The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion on this day in history.  

Aug 26   On this day in history aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]  

Aug 27   Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1870 timotei Popovici, composer  

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

Sep 02   In the year 1870 marie Ault, [Mary Cragg], Wigan England  

Sep 02   Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies in the year 1870.  

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

Sep 04   In the year 1870 friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied)  

Sep 06   In the year 1870 ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die  

Sep 07   In the year 1870 aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [OS=Aug 26]  

Sep 08   On this day in history hermann Hans Wetzler, composer  

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

Sep 10   Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms in the year 1870.  

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

Sep 15   In the year 1870 dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18)  

Sep 18   Clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian) in the year 1870.  

Sep 19   On this day in history siege of Paris begins  

Sep 20   Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French in the year 1870.  

Sep 22   Arthur Willard Pryor, composer on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells)  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1870 birth of henry Eichheim, composer  

Jan 03   In the year 1870 birth of henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)  

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 in the year 1870.  

Jan 03   In the year 1870 constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS]  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   On this day in history cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67  

Jan 29   Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797) died in the year 1870.  

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

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