Historical Events In 1870

Aug 17   On this day in history mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming)  

Aug 17   On this day in history the first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington  

Aug 17   On this day in history western Australia is granted representative government  

Aug 18   Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties on this day in history.  

Aug 18   In the year 1870 felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle  

Aug 19   On this day in history bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War)  

Aug 24   The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion on this day in history.  

Aug 26   On this day in history aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]  

Aug 27   On this day in history amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet  

Aug 31   Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response) on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Napoleon III captured at Sedan in the year 1870.  

Sep 01   In the year 1870 timotei Popovici, composer  

Sep 02   Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Marie Ault, [Mary Cragg], Wigan England in the year 1870.  

Sep 02   Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies on this day in history.  

Sep 04   3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king on this day in history.  

Sep 04   In the year 1870 friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied)  

Sep 06   Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die on this day in history.  

Sep 07   Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [OS=Aug 26] in the year 1870.  

Sep 08   On this day in history hermann Hans Wetzler, composer  

Sep 08   In the year 1870 neth & Engl sign "Koelietraktaat" Br-Indian contract work in Suriname  

Sep 10   In the year 1870 dutch Jurist Cooperation forms  

Sep 11   In the year 1870 eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46  

Sep 15   In the year 1870 dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18)  

Sep 18   On this day in history clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian)  

Sep 19   Siege of Paris begins on this day in history.  

Sep 20   Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French on this day in history.  

Sep 22   In the year 1870 arthur Willard Pryor, composer  

Sep 23   John Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Georges Claude, inventor (neon light) on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47) on this day in history.  

Sep 27   On this day in history henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50  

Sep 30   Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926) in the year 1870.  

Oct 01   Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells) in the year 1870.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of henry Eichheim, composer  

Jan 03   Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney) was born in the year 1870.  

Jan 06   Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944) was born in the year 1870.  

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   On this day in history constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS]  

Jan 07   On this day in history karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

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

Jan 21   In the year 1870 death of alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)  

Jan 26   Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

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)