Historical Events In 1870

Dec 06   Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC) in the year 1870.  

Dec 06   On this day in history joseph H Rainey, first black in the House of Reps (SC)  

Dec 06   William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds) on this day in history.  

Dec 10   In the year 1870 adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses)  

Dec 12   Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps on this day in history.  

Dec 12   On this day in history joseph Rainey (SC) became first black sworn into House of Reps  

Dec 14   In the year 1870 dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40)  

Dec 15   Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect on this day in history.  

Dec 16   Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

Dec 16   In the year 1870 the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is lit for the first time.  

Dec 17   Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1870.  

Dec 18   On this day in history andres Randolf, Denmark, actor (The Kiss)  

Dec 20   In the year 1870 pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Voices, Carmina)  

Dec 22   Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871] on this day in history.  

Dec 22   On this day in history jules Janssen, flies in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse  

Dec 22   In the year 1870 jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse  

Dec 24   Rosario Scalero, composer in the year 1870.  

Dec 26   In the year 1870 the 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.  

Dec 28   On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72  

Dec 30   ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered on this day in history.  

Dec 31   J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) in the year 1870.  

Dec 31   Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years on this day in history.  

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

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

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   In the year 1870 karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

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

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

Jan 26   Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1870.  

Jan 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1870 death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)