Page 7: Historical Events In 1870

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

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

Aug 17   In the year 1870 the first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington   

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

Aug 18   In the year 1870 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   Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War) in the year 1870.   

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

Aug 31   Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response) in the year 1870.   

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

Sep 01   In the year 1870 timotei Popovici, composer   

Sep 02   In the year 1870 charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48   

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 in the year 1870.   

Sep 04   Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 07   In the year 1870 aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [OS=Aug 26]   

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

Sep 08   On this day in history neth & Engl sign "Koelietraktaat" Br-Indian contract work in Suriname   

Sep 10   In the year 1870 dutch Jurist Cooperation forms   

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

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

Sep 18   Clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian) in the year 1870.   

Sep 19   In the year 1870 siege of Paris begins   

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

Sep 22   Arthur Willard Pryor, composer in the year 1870.   

Sep 23   On this day in history john Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist   

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

Sep 26   On this day in history christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47)   

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)   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1870 birth of henry Eichheim, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1870.   

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] on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1870.   

Jan 11   Adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 26   On this day in history cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67   

Jan 29   On this day in history 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)