Historical Events In 1870

Dec 05   A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Dec 06   Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC) in the year 1870.  

Dec 06   Joseph H Rainey, first black in the House of Reps (SC) on this day in history.  

Dec 06   William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds) on this day in history.  

Dec 10   In the year 1870 adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses)  

Dec 12   On this day in history joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps  

Dec 12   Joseph Rainey (SC) became first black sworn into House of Reps in the year 1870.  

Dec 14   Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40) on this day in history.  

Dec 15   On this day in history josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect  

Dec 16   In the year 1870 stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31  

Dec 16   The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is lit for the first time on this day in history.  

Dec 17   On this day in history giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75  

Dec 18   Andres Randolf, Denmark, actor (The Kiss) on this day in history.  

Dec 20   In the year 1870 pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Voices, Carmina)  

Dec 22   In the year 1870 constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871]  

Dec 22   On this day in history jules Janssen, flies in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse  

Dec 22   On this day in history jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse  

Dec 24   In the year 1870 rosario Scalero, composer  

Dec 26   The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed on this day in history.  

Dec 28   On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72  

Dec 30   On this day in history ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered  

Dec 31   J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) in the year 1870.  

Dec 31   Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   Ernst Barlach, writer was born in the year 1870.  

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   In the year 1870 birth of gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)  

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

Jan 08   Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30) was born in the year 1870.  

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS] on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1870 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 in the year 1870.  

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

Feb 11   On this day in history jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76  

Feb 14   In the year 1870 death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)