Historical Events In 1870

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

Aug 17   The first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 26   In the year 1870 aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]  

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

Aug 31   In the year 1870 maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response)  

Sep 01   In the year 1870 napoleon III captured at Sedan  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 02   In the year 1870 napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies  

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

Sep 04   On this day in history friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied)  

Sep 06   In the year 1870 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   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   Dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history arthur Willard Pryor, composer  

Sep 23   John Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist in the year 1870.  

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

Sep 26   Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47) in the year 1870.  

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

Sep 30   Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926) in the year 1870.  

Oct 01   Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells) on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   Ernst Barlach, writer was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)  

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 in the year 1870.  

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

Jan 21   In the year 1870 death of alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)  

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   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)