Historical Events In 1870

Aug 17   Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine in the year 1870.  

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

Aug 17   The first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington in the year 1870.  

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 in the year 1870.  

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

Sep 01   Napoleon III captured at Sedan in the year 1870.  

Sep 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king  

Sep 04   Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 07   On this day in history aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [OS=Aug 26]  

Sep 08   Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 08   In the year 1870 neth & Engl sign "Koelietraktaat" Br-Indian contract work in Suriname  

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   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   In the year 1870 siege of Paris begins  

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

Sep 22   On this day in history arthur Willard Pryor, composer  

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

Sep 24   On this day in history georges Claude, inventor (neon light)  

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

Sep 27   Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of henry Eichheim, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1870 birth of lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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