Historical Events In 1870

Aug 17   Mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 17   Western Australia is granted representative government on this day in history.  

Aug 18   Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties in the year 1870.  

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

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

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   In the year 1870 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 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   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] in the year 1870.  

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

Sep 08   On this day in history neth & Engl sign "Koelietraktaat" Br-Indian contract work in Suriname  

Sep 10   Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms in the year 1870.  

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

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

Sep 18   In the year 1870 clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian)  

Sep 19   On this day in history siege of Paris begins  

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

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

Sep 23   John Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist on this day in history.  

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)  

Oct 01   Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells) in the year 1870.  

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

Jan 08   Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 11   Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1870.  

Jan 21   Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812) died in the year 1870.  

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

Feb 14   St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) died in the year 1870.