Historical Events In 1870

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

Feb 26   In the year 1870 wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched  

Feb 27   In the year 1870 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   On this day in history francisco S Lopez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43  

Mar 05   On this day in history [B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus)  

Mar 06   Oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 09   Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Mar 10   On this day in history alfred Kastner, composer  

Mar 10   Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1870.  

Mar 11   In the year 1870 king Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho  

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

Mar 14   In the year 1870 california legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible  

Mar 17   Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary in the year 1870.  

Mar 17   In the year 1870 massachusetts legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary  

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

Mar 18   Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1870.  

Mar 19   The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan on this day in history.  

Mar 20   In the year 1870 paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician (East Africa)  

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

Mar 30   On this day in history 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   On this day in history thomas P Mundy became first black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ)  

Apr 01   Patrick Gass sgt of Lewis &Clark Expedition, dies at 98 on this day in history.  

Apr 01   Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 in the year 1870.  

Apr 02   Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for US pres on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history george A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church  

Apr 04   On this day in history golden Gate Park established by City Order #800  

Apr 04   On this day in history golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800  

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

Apr 08   On this day in history charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68  

Apr 08   On this day in history patrick Gass sgt of Lewis &Clark Expedition, dies at 98  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of ernst Barlach, writer  

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   Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)  

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

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

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

Jan 29   In the year 1870 death of leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)  

Feb 11   In the year 1870 jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76  

Feb 14   In the year 1870 death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)