Historical Events In 1870

Aug 17   In the year 1870 mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming)  

Aug 17   On this day in history the first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet in the year 1870.  

Aug 31   Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response) on this day in history.  

Sep 01   On this day in history napoleon III captured at Sedan  

Sep 01   On this day in history timotei Popovici, composer  

Sep 02   Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1870.  

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   3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king on this day in history.  

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

Sep 06   Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1870 dutch Jurist Cooperation forms  

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   Siege of Paris begins in the year 1870.  

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

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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1870.  

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 in the year 1870.  

Jan 03   Henry Eichheim, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)  

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] on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1870.  

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   Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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