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 on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Louis Coerne, composer on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum)   

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

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 in the year 1870.   

Mar 10   In the year 1870 alfred Kastner, composer   

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

Mar 11   King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho on this day in history.   

Mar 14   In the year 1870 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   Massachusetts legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary in the year 1870.   

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

Mar 18   In the year 1870 joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48   

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

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

Mar 30   15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race in the year 1870.   

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

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

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

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 in the year 1870.   

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

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

Apr 07   On this day in history gustav Landauer, German socialist   

Apr 08   Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Apr 08   In the year 1870 patrick Gass sgt of Lewis &Clark Expedition, dies at 98   

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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   In the year 1870 birth of henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)   

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   Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30) was born in the year 1870.   

Jan 09   In the year 1870 birth of joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1870.   

Jan 21   Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812) died on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67   

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   St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) died on this day in history.