Historical Events In 1870

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

Jul 15   In the year 1870 hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada  

Jul 15   In the year 1870 manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created  

Jul 18   On this day in history emil Mlynarski, composer  

Jul 18   Pontifical infalliability proclaimed on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 21   In the year 1870 josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42  

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

Jul 23   On this day in history emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France  

Jul 24   On this day in history 1st trans-US rail service begins  

Jul 24   In the year 1870 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   Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1927-31) in the year 1870.  

Jul 30   In the year 1870 staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 04   On this day in history harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)  

Aug 06   On this day in history battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France  

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

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

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

Aug 11   In the year 1870 tom Richardson, legendary England cricket fast bowler (1893-98)  

Aug 13   Armed tug Palos becomes first U.S. Navy ship to transit Suez Canal in the year 1870.  

Aug 14   On this day in history david [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies  

Aug 15   Transcontinental Railway actually completed in the year 1870.  

Aug 15   On this day in history transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado  

Aug 16   Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion in the year 1870.  

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

Aug 17   On this day in history 1st ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington  

Aug 17   Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943) was born in the year 1870.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)  

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

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   On this day in history karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 14   St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) died on this day in history.