Historical Events In 1870

Aug 17   Mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming) in the year 1870.  

Aug 17   The first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington in the year 1870.  

Aug 17   Western Australia is granted representative government in the year 1870.  

Aug 18   On this day in history battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties  

Aug 18   Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

Aug 24   In the year 1870 the Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.  

Aug 26   In the year 1870 aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]  

Aug 27   Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet in the year 1870.  

Aug 31   On this day in history maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response)  

Sep 01   On this day in history napoleon III captured at Sedan  

Sep 01   Timotei Popovici, composer in the year 1870.  

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

Sep 02   Marie Ault, [Mary Cragg], Wigan England on this day in history.  

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

Sep 04   In the year 1870 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king  

Sep 04   On this day in history friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied)  

Sep 06   In the year 1870 ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die  

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

Sep 08   Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer in the year 1870.  

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

Sep 10   Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46 in the year 1870.  

Sep 15   Dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18) on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1870 clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian)  

Sep 19   In the year 1870 siege of Paris begins  

Sep 20   In the year 1870 italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French  

Sep 22   In the year 1870 arthur Willard Pryor, composer  

Sep 23   John Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist in the year 1870.  

Sep 24   On this day in history georges Claude, inventor (neon light)  

Sep 26   Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47) in the year 1870.  

Sep 27   Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926)  

Oct 01   In the year 1870 pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells)  

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

Jan 03   Henry Eichheim, composer was born in the year 1870.  

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   Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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   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.