Page 6: Historical Events In 1870

Jul 15   Georgia becomes last confederate state to be readmitted to US in the year 1870.   

Jul 15   Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US on this day in history.   

Jul 15   Hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada on this day in history.   

Jul 15   On this day in history manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created   

Jul 18   In the year 1870 emil Mlynarski, composer   

Jul 18   Pontifical infalliability proclaimed in the year 1870.   

Jul 19   France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins on this day in history.   

Jul 19   France declares war on Prussia; the Franco-Prussian war begins in the year 1870.   

Jul 20   On this day in history vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice (1918-19)   

Jul 21   On this day in history josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42   

Jul 22   Josef Strauss, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Jul 23   In the year 1870 emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France   

Jul 24   1st trans-US rail service begins in the year 1870.   

Jul 24   On this day in history fred Law Olmsted Jr, architect/landscaper   

Jul 24   On this day in history the first trans-US rail service begins   

Jul 25   In the year 1870 jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar (Young Flanders)   

Jul 27   Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome) on this day in history.   

Jul 28   On this day in history henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1927-31)   

Jul 30   Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100 in the year 1870.   

Aug 02   In the year 1870 tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.   

Aug 04   British Red Cross Society forms in the year 1870.   

Aug 04   In the year 1870 harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)   

Aug 06   In the year 1870 battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France   

Aug 06   White conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature in the year 1870.   

Aug 07   19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born) in the year 1870.   

Aug 08   Magic (US) defeats Cambria (Engld) in 2nd running of America's Cup in the year 1870.   

Aug 11   Tom Richardson, legendary England cricket fast bowler (1893-98) on this day in history.   

Aug 13   Armed tug Palos becomes first U.S. Navy ship to transit Suez Canal on this day in history.   

Aug 14   In the year 1870 david [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies   

Aug 15   Transcontinental Railway actually completed in the year 1870.   

Aug 15   Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1870.   

Aug 17   1st ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington in the year 1870.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1870 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   Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1870 constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS]   

Jan 07   Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1870 adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73   

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

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   Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)