Page 3: Historical Events In 1870

Feb 26   First NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered) in the year 1870.   

Feb 26   Wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched in the year 1870.   

Feb 27   On this day in history louis Coerne, composer   

Feb 28   In the year 1870 the Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.   

Mar 01   Francisco S Lopez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43 in the year 1870.   

Mar 05   In the year 1870 [B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus)   

Mar 06   Oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum) in the year 1870.   

Mar 07   On this day in history cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East   

Mar 07   Wyoming women allowed on juries; the right later was taken away in the year 1870.   

Mar 09   On this day in history theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65   

Mar 10   On this day in history alfred Kastner, composer   

Mar 10   In the year 1870 isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer, dies at 75   

Mar 11   In the year 1870 king Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho   

Mar 14   On this day in history calif legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible   

Mar 14   California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible on this day in history.   

Mar 17   Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary on this day in history.   

Mar 17   On this day in history massachusetts legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary   

Mar 18   On this day in history 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland Calif)   

Mar 18   Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history the opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan   

Mar 20   Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician (East Africa) on this day in history.   

Mar 30   15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race on this day in history.   

Mar 30   In the year 1870 texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union   

Mar 31   1st black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ) in the year 1870.   

Mar 31   Thomas P Mundy became first black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ) on this day in history.   

Apr 01   On this day in history patrick Gass sgt of Lewis &Clark Expedition, dies at 98   

Apr 01   In the year 1870 patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98   

Apr 02   Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for US pres in the year 1870.   

Apr 04   George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800 in the year 1870.   

Apr 04   In the year 1870 golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800   

Apr 07   Gustav Landauer, German socialist in the year 1870.   

Apr 08   In the year 1870 charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68   

Apr 08   Patrick Gass sgt of Lewis &Clark Expedition, dies at 98 on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1870 birth of ernst Barlach, writer   

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   In the year 1870 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   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 in the year 1870.   

Jan 11   Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945) was born in the year 1870.   

Jan 03   Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS] in the year 1870.   

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 on this day in history.   

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)