
{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1867 1868 1869 - 1870 - 1871 1872 1873 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ==Events== ===January - April=== *January 1 - Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are done. *January 2 - Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. *January 6 - The inauguration of the Musikverein, Vienna (Vienna). *January 10 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil *January 15 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for ''Harper's Weekly''). *January 26 - American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union *January 27 - First college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University *February 2 - It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant was just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human. *February 3 - The United States Constitution/Amendment Fifteen to the United States Constitution is passed *February 10 - Anaheim, California is incorporated. * February 10 - The YWCA is founded (New York, New York) *February 12 - Women gain the right to vote in Utah. *February 23 - Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. *February 25 - Hiram Rhoades Revels, a United States Republican Party from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the Congress of the United States *February 26 - In New York City, the first pneumatic-metro is opened. *February 28 - The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire. * March 2 - Francisco Solano López' last troops cornered by War of the Triple Alliance troops at Cerro Cora. López refuses to surrender and is killed. Fighting ends in Paraguay - the War of the Triple Alliance is over *March 30 - Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. * April 11 - Irish peer Lord Muncaster and his entourage kidnapped in Greece *April 22 - Vladimir Lenin is born ===May - August=== *May 12 - The Canada province of Manitoba is created in response to Louis Riel's Red River Rebellion *May 14 - First rugby football match to be played in New Zealand, between the Nelson Football Club and Nelson College. *June 26 - Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States *July 13 - The Emser Depesche serves as a reason for a war between Prussia and France *July 15 - Reconstruction: Georgia (U.S. state) becomes the last former Confederate States of America states to be readmitted to the United States , and the CSA is dissoluted. *July 19 - Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia. ===September - December=== *September 2 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan - Prussian forces defeat the France armies and take emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner at Sedan, France. *September 4 - Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared. Empress Eugenie flees to England with her children. *September 20 - With ''Bersaglieri'' soldiers entering Rome at ''Porta Pia'', the unification of Italy is completed. End of the temporal power of Papacy. * October 2 – Rome becomes the capital of Unification of Italy Italy *November 1 - In the United States, the newly-created Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official Meteorology forecast: "High winds at Chicago and Milwaukee... and along the Lakes". *November 16 - Spain Cortes Generales proclaims Amadeo de Saboya as king Amadeus I of Spain. * December – Assassination of Juan Prim, Prime minister of Spain ===Unknown date=== *Franco-Prussian War *Term "economics" first used, by Alfred Marshall ==Births== *January 2 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (d. 1938) *January 8 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain (d. 1930) *February 7 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937) *March 5 - Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902) *March 17 - Horace Donisthorpe, English entomologist (d. 1951) *March 20 - Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964) *April 22 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary, first leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1924) *April 30 - Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948) *May 19 - Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936) *June 13 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist (d. 1961) *July 3 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947) *July 12 - Louis II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1949) *July 29 - George Dixon (boxer), Canadian boxer (d. 1909) *August 11 - Tom Richardson English cricketer (d. 1912) *August 31 - Maria Montessori, Italian educator (d. 1952) *September 26 - King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947) *October 10 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer (d. 1953) *November 21 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (d. 1964) *November 27 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Prime Minister of Finland and President of Finland (d. 1956) *December 5 - Vitezslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949) *December 18 - Saki, English writer (d. 1918) ==Deaths== *January 29 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797) *February 11 - Jacob M. de Kempenaer, Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs *February 11 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer *February 19 - Nathaniel de Rothschild, French wine grower (b. 1812) *March 28 - George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816) *May 6 - James Young Simpson, Scottish physician and researcher (b. 1811) *June 9 - Charles Dickens, British novelist (b. 1812) *July 20 - Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt, French writer and publisher (b. 1822) *September 12 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author and explorer (b. 1836) *September 23 - Prosper Mérimée, French writer (b. 1803) *October 12 - Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1807) *November 24 - Comte de Lautreamont, French poet and writer (b. 1846) *November 28 - Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841) *December 5 - Alexandre Dumas, père, French author (b. 1802) *December 27 - General Prim, Spanish dictator (b. 1814) *Henry Rowe, architect 1870 la:1870 os:1870 simple:1870
I have made some layout proposals for years on my talk page. This year is currently conforming to the standard. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --User:BozMo 18:59, 6 May 2004 (UTC)user talk:BozMo
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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1867 1868 1869 - 1870 - 1871 1872 1873 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ==Events== ===January - April=== *January 1 - Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are done. *January 2 - Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. *January 6 - The inauguration of the Musikverein, Vienna (Vienna). *January 10 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil *January 15 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for ''Harper's Weekly''). *January 26 - American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union *January 27 - First college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University *February 2 - It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant was just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human. *February 3 - The United States Constitution/Amendment Fifteen to the United States Constitution is passed *February 10 - Anaheim, California is incorporated. * February 10 - The YWCA is founded (New York, New York) *February 12 - Women gain the right to vote in Utah. *February 23 - Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. *February 25 - Hiram Rhoades Revels, a United States Republican Party from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the Congress of the United States *February 26 - In New York City, the first pneumatic-metro is opened. *February 28 - The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire. * March 2 - Francisco Solano López' last troops cornered by War of the Triple Alliance troops at Cerro Cora. López refuses to surrender and is killed. Fighting ends in Paraguay - the War of the Triple Alliance is over *March 30 - Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. * April 11 - Irish peer Lord Muncaster and his entourage kidnapped in Greece *April 22 - Vladimir Lenin is born ===May - August=== *May 12 - The Canada province of Manitoba is created in response to Louis Riel's Red River Rebellion *May 14 - First rugby football match to be played in New Zealand, between the Nelson Football Club and Nelson College. *June 26 - Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States *July 13 - The Emser Depesche serves as a reason for a war between Prussia and France *July 15 - Reconstruction: Georgia (U.S. state) becomes the last former Confederate States of America states to be readmitted to the United States , and the CSA is dissoluted. *July 19 - Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia. ===September - December=== *September 2 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan - Prussian forces defeat the France armies and take emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner at Sedan, France. *September 4 - Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared. Empress Eugenie flees to England with her children. *September 20 - With ''Bersaglieri'' soldiers entering Rome at ''Porta Pia'', the unification of Italy is completed. End of the temporal power of Papacy. * October 2 – Rome becomes the capital of Unification of Italy Italy *November 1 - In the United States, the newly-created Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official Meteorology forecast: "High winds at Chicago and Milwaukee... and along the Lakes". *November 16 - Spain Cortes Generales proclaims Amadeo de Saboya as king Amadeus I of Spain. * December – Assassination of Juan Prim, Prime minister of Spain ===Unknown date=== *Franco-Prussian War *Term "economics" first used, by Alfred Marshall ==Births== *January 2 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (d. 1938) *January 8 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain (d. 1930) *February 7 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937) *March 5 - Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902) *March 17 - Horace Donisthorpe, English entomologist (d. 1951) *March 20 - Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964) *April 22 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary, first leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1924) *April 30 - Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948) *May 19 - Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936) *June 13 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist (d. 1961) *July 3 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947) *July 12 - Louis II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1949) *July 29 - George Dixon (boxer), Canadian boxer (d. 1909) *August 11 - Tom Richardson English cricketer (d. 1912) *August 31 - Maria Montessori, Italian educator (d. 1952) *September 26 - King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947) *October 10 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer (d. 1953) *November 21 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (d. 1964) *November 27 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Prime Minister of Finland and President of Finland (d. 1956) *December 5 - Vitezslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949) *December 18 - Saki, English writer (d. 1918) ==Deaths== *January 29 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797) *February 11 - Jacob M. de Kempenaer, Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs *February 11 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer *February 19 - Nathaniel de Rothschild, French wine grower (b. 1812) *March 28 - George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816) *May 6 - James Young Simpson, Scottish physician and researcher (b. 1811) *June 9 - Charles Dickens, British novelist (b. 1812) *July 20 - Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt, French writer and publisher (b. 1822) *September 12 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author and explorer (b. 1836) *September 23 - Prosper Mérimée, French writer (b. 1803) *October 12 - Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1807) *November 24 - Comte de Lautreamont, French poet and writer (b. 1846) *November 28 - Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841) *December 5 - Alexandre Dumas, père, French author (b. 1802) *December 27 - General Prim, Spanish dictator (b. 1814) *Henry Rowe, architect 1870 la:1870 os:1870 simple:1870
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I have made some layout proposals for years on my talk page. This year is currently conforming to the standard. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --User:BozMo 18:59, 6 May 2004 (UTC)user talk:BozMo
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