Historical Events In 1870

Aug 17   Mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming) in the year 1870.  

Aug 17   On this day in history 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   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   The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion on this day in history.  

Aug 26   Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7] in the year 1870.  

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

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   On this day in history timotei Popovici, composer  

Sep 02   In the year 1870 charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48  

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

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

Sep 04   On this day in history 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king  

Sep 04   Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied) in the year 1870.  

Sep 06   In the year 1870 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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 10   Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms on this day in history.  

Sep 11   On this day in history eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46  

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

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

Sep 19   In the year 1870 siege of Paris begins  

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

Sep 22   In the year 1870 arthur Willard Pryor, composer  

Sep 23   In the year 1870 john Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist  

Sep 24   Georges Claude, inventor (neon light) in the year 1870.  

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

Sep 27   Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50 in the year 1870.  

Sep 30   In the year 1870 jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926)  

Oct 01   Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells) 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   Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 11   In the year 1870 birth of alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945)  

Jan 03   Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS] in the year 1870.  

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

Jan 11   Adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 29   On this day in history 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)