Table of Contents
333 relations: Abdulaziz, Abel Douay, African Americans, Ajahn Mun, Albert Fish, Aleksis Kivi, Alexander Stirling Calder, Alexandre Dumas, Alfred Adler, Alps, Amadeo I of Spain, Anaheim, California, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Association football, Atacama Desert, Austria-Hungary, Édouard Le Roy, Balloon mail, Batang County, Battle of Cerro Corá, Battle of Eccles Hill, Battle of Sedan, Beach Pneumatic Transit, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Bersaglieri, Bolivia, Brooklyn Bridge, Bulgarian Exarchate, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Capture of Rome, Caracoles, Cardiff Giant, Carlos Soublette, Carol I of Romania, Cast iron, Casus belli, Chancellor of Germany, Charles Becker, Charles Dickens, Chicago Cubs, Chilean silver rush, Christian X of Denmark, Christmas, Commerzbank, Comte de Lautréamont, Confederate States of America, Cortes Generales, Cyrus Kingsbury, ... Expand index (283 more) »
Abdulaziz
Abdulaziz (ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup.
Abel Douay
Charles Abel Douay (2 March 1809 – 4 August 1870) was a general in the French army during the reign of the Emperor Napoleon III.
African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
See 1870 and African Americans
Ajahn Mun
Mun Bhuridatta (มั่น ภูริทตฺโต,; ຫຼວງປູ່ມັ່ນ ພູຣິທັຕໂຕ; 1870–1949) was a Thai bhikkhu from Isan region who is credited, along with his mentor, Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Tradition or "Kammaṭṭhāna tradition" that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad.
Albert Fish
Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish (May 19, 1870 – January 16, 1936) was an American serial killer, rapist, child molester and cannibal who committed at least three child murders between July 1924 and June 1928.
Aleksis Kivi
Aleksis Kivi (born Alexis Stenvall; 10 October 1834 – 31 December 1872) was a Finnish writer who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seitsemän veljestä ("Seven Brothers"), published in 1870.
Alexander Stirling Calder
Alexander Stirling Calder (January 11, 1870 – January 7, 1945) was an American sculptor and teacher.
See 1870 and Alexander Stirling Calder
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas nocat, was a French novelist and playwright.
Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler (7 February 1870 – 28 May 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology.
Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
See 1870 and Alps
Amadeo I of Spain
Amadeo I (Amedeo Ferdinando Maria di Savoia; 30 May 184518 January 1890), also known as Amadeus, was an Italian prince who reigned as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873.
See 1870 and Amadeo I of Spain
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States, part of the Greater Los Angeles area.
See 1870 and Anaheim, California
Antonio Guzmán Blanco
Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (28 February 1829 – 28 July 1899) was a Venezuelan military leader, statesman, diplomat and politician.
See 1870 and Antonio Guzmán Blanco
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States.
See 1870 and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
See 1870 and Association football
Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert (Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.
Édouard Le Roy
Édouard Louis Emmanuel Julien Le Roy (18 June 1870 in Paris – 10 November 1954 in Paris) was a French philosopher and mathematician.
Balloon mail
Balloon mail is the transport of mail (usually for weight reasons in the form of a postcard) carrying the name of the sender by means of an unguided hydrogen or helium filled balloon.
Batang County
Batang County is a county located in western Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.
Battle of Cerro Corá
The Battle of Cerro Corá was the last battle of the Paraguayan War, fought on 1 March 1870, in the vicinity of Cerro Corá, northeast of Paraguay's capital Asunción.
See 1870 and Battle of Cerro Corá
Battle of Eccles Hill
The Battle of Eccles Hill was part of a raid into Canadian territory from the United States led by John O'Neill of the Fenian Brotherhood, intended to pressure Great Britain to grant sovereignty to Ireland.
See 1870 and Battle of Eccles Hill
Battle of Sedan
The Battle of Sedan was fought during the Franco-Prussian War from 1 to 2 September 1870.
Beach Pneumatic Transit
The Beach Pneumatic Transit was the first attempt to build an underground public transit system in New York City.
See 1870 and Beach Pneumatic Transit
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (May 24, 1870 – July 9, 1938) was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the New York Court of Appeals from 1914 to 1932 and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1932 until his death in 1938.
See 1870 and Benjamin N. Cardozo
Bersaglieri
The Bersaglieri, singular Bersagliere, ("sharpshooter") are a troop of marksmen in the Italian Army's infantry corps.
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
See 1870 and Bolivia
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Bulgarian Exarchate
The Bulgarian Exarchate (Balgarska ekzarhiya; Bulgar Eksarhlığı) was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical See in 1945 and the Bulgarian Patriarchate was restored in 1953.
See 1870 and Bulgarian Exarchate
Cambridge
Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
See 1870 and Cambridge University Press
Capture of Rome
The Capture of Rome (Presa di Roma) occurred on 20 September 1870, as forces of the Kingdom of Italy took control of the city and of the Papal States.
Caracoles
Caracoles was a silver mining district in what is now Antofagasta Region, Chile.
Cardiff Giant
The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous archaeological hoaxes in American history.
Carlos Soublette
Carlos Valentín José de la Soledad Antonio del Sacramento de Soublette y Jerez de Aristeguieta (15 December 1789 – 11 February 1870) was the president of Venezuela from 1837 to 1839 and 1843 to 1847 and a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence.
Carol I of Romania
Carol I or Charles I of Romania (born Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; 20 April 1839 –), was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (Domnitor) from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914.
See 1870 and Carol I of Romania
Cast iron
Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.
Casus belli
A casus belli is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war.
Chancellor of Germany
The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime.
See 1870 and Chancellor of Germany
Charles Becker
Charles Becker (July 26, 1870 – July 30, 1915) was a lieutenant in the New York City Police Department between the 1890s and the 1910s.
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.
Chilean silver rush
Between 1830 and 1850, Chilean silver mining grew at an unprecedented pace which transformed mining into one of the country's principal sources of wealth.
See 1870 and Chilean silver rush
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X (Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947.
See 1870 and Christian X of Denmark
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
Commerzbank
The Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft (shortly known as Commerzbank AG or Commerzbank) is a European banking institution headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
Comte de Lautréamont
Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (4 April 1846 – 24 November 1870), a French poet born in Uruguay.
See 1870 and Comte de Lautréamont
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.
See 1870 and Confederate States of America
Cortes Generales
The (lit) are the bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house) and the Senate (the upper house).
Cyrus Kingsbury
Cyrus Kingsbury (November 22, 1786 – June 27, 1870) was a Christian missionary active among the American Indians in the nineteenth century. He first worked with the Cherokee and founded Brainerd Mission near Chickamauga, Tennessee, later he served the Choctaw of Mississippi. He was known as "the Father of the Missions" in Indian Territory.
D. T. Suzuki
, self-rendered in 1894 as "Daisetz", was a Japanese essayist, philosopher, religious scholar, translator, and writer.
Daijō-kan
The, also known as the Great Council of State, was (i) (Daijō-kan) the highest organ of Japan's premodern Imperial government under the Ritsuryō legal system during and after the Nara period or (ii) (Dajō-kan) the highest organ of Japan's government briefly restored to power after the Meiji Restoration, which was replaced by the Cabinet.
Darlington
Darlington is a market and industrial town in County Durham, England.
David Farragut
David Glasgow Farragut (also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
David G. Burnet
David Gouverneur Burnet (April 14, 1788 – December 5, 1870) was an early politician within the Republic of Texas, serving as the interim president of Texas in 1836, the second vice president of the Republic of Texas (1839–1841), and the secretary of State (1846) for the new state of Texas after it was annexed to the United States.
December 31
It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
See 1870 and Democratic Party (United States)
Denis Vrain-Lucas
Denis Vrain-Lucas (December 1, 1816 – April 11, 1881) was a French forger who sold counterfeit letters and other documents to French manuscript collectors.
See 1870 and Denis Vrain-Lucas
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
Die Walküre
(The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is the second of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung).
Diego Noboa
Diego de Noboa y Arteta (15 April 1789, in Guayaquil – 3 November 1870) was President of Ecuador from 8 December 1850 to 26 February 1851 (interim) and 26 February 1851 to 17 July 1851.
Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is a US project aimed at providing public access to digital holdings in order to create a large-scale public digital library.
See 1870 and Digital Public Library of America
Dirk Jan de Geer
Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (14 December 1870 – 28 November 1960) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Historical Union who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 8 March 1926 until 10 August 1929 and from 10 August 1939 until 3 September 1940.
Domnitor
Principe Domnitor (Romanian pl. Principi Domnitori) was the official title of the ruler of Romania between 1862 and 1881.
Donkey
The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine.
See 1870 and Donkey
Dresdner Bank
Dresdner Bank AG was a German bank, founded in 1872 in Dresden, then headquartered in Berlin from 1884 to 1945 and in Frankfurt from 1963 onwards after a postwar hiatus.
Edward Stanley Kellogg
Edward Stanley Kellogg (August 20, 1870 – January 8, 1948) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the governor of American Samoa.
See 1870 and Edward Stanley Kellogg
Edwin S. Porter
Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company.
Electrical telegraph
Electrical telegraphy is a point-to-point text messaging system, primarily used from the 1840s until the late 20th century.
See 1870 and Electrical telegraph
Emma Willard
Emma Willard (Hart; February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was an American female education activist who dedicated her life to education.
Ems Dispatch
The Ems Dispatch (Dépêche d'Ems, Emser Depesche), sometimes called the Ems Telegram, was published on 13 July 1870; it incited the Second French Empire to declare war on the Kingdom of Prussia on 19 July 1870, starting the Franco-Prussian War.
Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
See 1870 and Encyclopædia Britannica
England v Scotland representative football matches (1870–1872)
Between 1870 and 1872, the Football Association (FA) organised five representative association football matches between teams representing England and Scotland, all held in London.
See 1870 and England v Scotland representative football matches (1870–1872)
Erik Adolf von Willebrand
Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1 February 1870 – 12 September 1949) was a Finnish physician who made major contributions to hematology.
See 1870 and Erik Adolf von Willebrand
Ernst Barlach
Ernst Heinrich Barlach (2 January 1870 – 24 October 1938) was a German expressionist sculptor, medallist, printmaker and writer.
Ester Rachel Kamińska
Ester Rachel Kamińska (אסתּר־רחל קאַמינסקאַ); née Ester-Rokhl Halpern (Porozów, 10 March 1870 – Warsaw, 25 December 1925) was a Polish Jewish actress, known as the mother of Yiddish theatre.
See 1870 and Ester Rachel Kamińska
Eugénie de Montijo
Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo, was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the Emperor was overthrown on 4 September 1870.
See 1870 and Eugénie de Montijo
February
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870
The Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870, also Act VIII of 1870 was a legislative act passed in British India, to prevent murder of female infants.
See 1870 and Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870
Fenian Brotherhood
The Fenian Brotherhood was an Irish republican organisation founded in the United States in 1858 by John O'Mahony and Michael Doheny.
See 1870 and Fenian Brotherhood
Ferdinand von Wrangel
Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (Барон Фердинанд Петрович Врангель, tr.; –) was a Russia German (Baltic German) explorer and officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, Honorable Member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and a founder of the Russian Geographic Society.
See 1870 and Ferdinand von Wrangel
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
See 1870 and Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fireman's pole
A fireman's pole (also called a firefighter's pole, sliding pole or a fire pole) is a pole that firefighters slide down to quickly reach the ground floor of a fire station.
First Vatican Council
The First Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the First Vatican Council or Vatican I, was the 20th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, held three centuries after the preceding Council of Trent which was adjourned in 1563.
See 1870 and First Vatican Council
Flag of Japan
The national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner bearing a crimson-red circle at its center.
Forgery
Forgery is a white-collar crime that generally refers to the false making or material alteration of a legal instrument with the specific intent to defraud.
See 1870 and Forgery
Fortifications of Metz
The fortifications of Metz, a city in northeastern France, are extensive, due to the city's strategic position near the border of France and Germany.
See 1870 and Fortifications of Metz
François Achille Bazaine
François Achille Bazaine (13 February 181123 September 1888) was an officer of the French army.
See 1870 and François Achille Bazaine
Francisco S. Carvajal
Francisco Sebastián Carvajal y Gual, sometimes spelled Carbajal (9 December 1870 – 30 September 1932) was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served briefly as president in 1914, during the Mexican Revolution.
See 1870 and Francisco S. Carvajal
Francisco Solano López
Francisco Solano López Carrillo (24 July 1827 or 1826 – 1 March 1870) was a Paraguayan military officer, politician and statesman who served as President of Paraguay between 1862 and 1870, of which he served mostly during the Paraguayan War (1864–1870).
See 1870 and Francisco Solano López
Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
See 1870 and Franco-Prussian War
Frank Norris
Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre.
Franz Graf von Wimpffen
Franz Emil Lorenz Heeremann Graf von Wimpffen (2 April 1797 – 26 November 1870) was an Austrian General and Admiral who served as Administrative Head of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from 1851 to 1854.
See 1870 and Franz Graf von Wimpffen
Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár (Lehár Ferenc; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer.
Frédéric Bazille
Jean Frédéric Bazille (December 6, 1841 – November 28, 1870) was a French Impressionist painter.
Fréjus Rail Tunnel
The Fréjus Rail Tunnel (also called Mont Cenis Tunnel) is a rail tunnel of length in the European Alps, carrying the Turin–Modane railway through Mont Cenis to an end-on connection with the Culoz–Modane railway and linking Bardonecchia in Italy to Modane in France.
See 1870 and Fréjus Rail Tunnel
Freedman
A freedman or freedwoman is a person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.
Freight transport
Freight transport, also referred as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo.
See 1870 and Freight transport
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.
See 1870 and French Third Republic
Friedrich Hohe
Friedrich Hohe (1802 – 7 June 1870) was a German lithographer and painter.
Gads Hill Place
Gads Hill Place in Higham, Kent, sometimes spelt Gadshill Place and Gad's Hill Place, was the country home of Charles Dickens, the most successful British author of the Victorian era.
George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith Sr. (April 4, 1870 – April 4, 1951) was an American religious leader who served as the eighth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
See 1870 and George Albert Smith
George Dixon (boxer)
George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was a Canadian professional boxer.
See 1870 and George Dixon (boxer)
George Henry Thomas
George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816March 28, 1870) was an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
See 1870 and George Henry Thomas
George Pearce
Sir George Foster Pearce KCVO (14 January 1870 – 24 June 1952) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1901 to 1938.
George Seymour (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour, (17 September 1787 – 20 January 1870) was a Royal Navy officer.
See 1870 and George Seymour (Royal Navy officer)
Georges Claude
Georges Claude (24 September 187023 May 1960) was a French engineer and inventor.
Georges Dufrénoy
Georges Dufrénoy (June 20, 1870December 9, 1943) was a French post-Impressionist painter associated with Fauvism.
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
See 1870 and Georgia (U.S. state)
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Giuseppina Bozzacchi (23 November 1853 – 23 November 1870) was an Italian ballerina, noted for creating the role of Swanhilda in Léo Delibes' ballet Coppélia at the age of 16 while dancing for the Paris Opera Ballet.
See 1870 and Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Goodna, Queensland
Goodna is a suburb on the eastern edge of the City of Ipswich in Queensland, Australia.
See 1870 and Goodna, Queensland
Graeter's
Graeter's is a regional ice cream chain based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Great Britain
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.
Gustav Bauer
Gustav Adolf Bauer (6 January 1870 – 16 September 1944) was a German Social Democratic Party leader and the chancellor of Germany from June 1919 to March 1920.
Gustavus M. Blech
Gustavus Maximilian Blech (November 28, 1870 in Riga (then Russia) – August 9, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American physician, surgeon, and medical educator.
See 1870 and Gustavus M. Blech
Gypsum
Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula.
See 1870 and Gypsum
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.
See 1870 and Halifax, Nova Scotia
Hamaguchi Osachi
Hamaguchi Osachi (Kyūjitai: 濱口 雄幸; Shinjitai: 浜口 雄幸, also Hamaguchi Yūkō, 1 April 1870 – 26 August 1931) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and Prime Minister of Japan from 1929 to 1931.
Hamburg
Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.
See 1870 and Hamburg
Hans Zenker
Hans Zenker (10 August 1870 in Bielitz – 18 August 1932 in Göttingen) was a German admiral.
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City.
Harry Lauder
Sir Henry Lauder (4 August 1870 – 26 February 1950)Russell, Dave.
Harry Vardon
Henry William Vardon (9 May 1870 – 20 March 1937) was a professional golfer from Jersey.
Helena Willman-Grabowska
Helena Willman-Grabowska (4 January 1870 in Warsaw – 31 October 1957 in Kraków) was Polish indologist.
See 1870 and Helena Willman-Grabowska
Henry Barkly
Sir Henry Barkly (24 February 1815 – 20 October 1898) was a British politician, colonial governor and patron of the sciences.
Henry D. Washburn
Henry Dana Washburn (March 28, 1832 – January 26, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a colonel and was breveted twice as brigadier general and major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
See 1870 and Henry D. Washburn
Henry Light
His Excellency Sir Henry Light, KCB, Esq. (1782/3, Kimberley House, Falmouth, Great Britain – 3 March 1870, Great Britain and Ireland) was a British colonial administrator who served as the third Governor of British Guiana from 27 June 1838 to 19 May 1848, overseeing the initial developments such as emancipation.
High Commissioner for Southern Africa
The British office of high commissioner for Southern Africa was responsible for governing British possessions in Southern Africa, latterly the protectorates of Basutoland (now Lesotho), the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) and Swaziland (now Eswatini), as well as for relations with autonomous governments in the area.
See 1870 and High Commissioner for Southern Africa
Hilaire Belloc
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 187016 July 1953) was a French-English writer and historian of the early 20th century.
Hiram R. Revels
Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827Different sources list his birth year as either 1827 or 1822. – January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and college administrator.
Horace Donisthorpe
Horace St.
See 1870 and Horace Donisthorpe
Horace Hood
Rear Admiral Sir Horace Lambert Alexander Hood, (2 October 1870 – 31 May 1916) was a Royal Navy admiral of the First World War, whose lengthy and distinguished service saw him engaged in operations around the world, frequently participating in land campaigns as part of a shore brigade.
Hot air balloon
A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air.
Hubert Gough
General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough (12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963) was a senior officer in the British Army in the First World War.
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is an American and Canadian-based retail business group.
See 1870 and Hudson's Bay Company
Hugo Stinnes
Hugo Adolf Eugen Victor Stinnes commonly known as Hugo Stinnes (12 February 1870 – 10 April 1924) was a German industrialist and politician who served as member of Reichstag from 1920 to 1924 (his death).
Independence Day (United States)
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
See 1870 and Independence Day (United States)
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
See 1870 and India
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.
See 1870 and Indian Civil Service
Ivan Bunin
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (or; a; – 8 November 1953).
Iwasaki Yatarō
was a Japanese industrialist and financier known as the founder of Mitsubishi, one of Japan's largest conglomerates.
J. Howard Crocker
John Howard Crocker (April 19, 1870November 27, 1959) was a Canadian educator and sports executive.
See 1870 and J. Howard Crocker
Jadunath Sarkar
Sir Jadunath Sarkar, (যদুনাথ সরকার; 10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent Indian historian and a specialist on the Mughal dynasty.
James Henry Greathead
James Henry Greathead (6 August 1844 – 21 October 1896) was an English mechanical and civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railways, Winchester Cathedral, and Liverpool overhead railway, as well as being one of the earliest proponents of the English Channel, Irish Sea and Bristol Channel tunnels.
See 1870 and James Henry Greathead
James M. Cox
James Middleton Cox (born James Monroe Cox; March 31, 1870 July 15, 1957) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.
James Young Simpson
Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet, (7 June 1811 – 6 May 1870), was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine.
See 1870 and James Young Simpson
Jan Smuts
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher.
January 1
January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years).
Jay Johnson Morrow
Jay Johnson Morrow (February 20, 1870 – April 16, 1937) was Chief Engineer of the United States First Army and as Deputy Chief Engineer of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I and Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924.
See 1870 and Jay Johnson Morrow
Jean Baptiste Perrin
Jean Baptiste Perrin (30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter.
See 1870 and Jean Baptiste Perrin
Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska
Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (25 February 1870 – 30 June 1946) was a Croatian ethnographer, journalist, writer, and feminist.
See 1870 and Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (22 October 1870 – 30 September 1943) was a Norwegian statesman, shipping magnate and philanthropist.
See 1870 and Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
John Curtiss Underwood
John Curtiss Underwood (March 14, 1809 – December 7, 1873) was an attorney, abolitionist politician and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
See 1870 and John Curtiss Underwood
John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist.
See 1870 and John D. Rockefeller
Josef Strauss
Josef Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer.
Joseph Rainey
Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was an American politician.
Juan Javier Espinosa
José Manuel Francisco Javier Espinosa y Espinosa (2 December 1815, Quito – 4 September 1870) was President of Ecuador, from 20 January 1868 to 19 January 1869.
See 1870 and Juan Javier Espinosa
Juan Prim
Juan Prim y Prats, 1st Count of Reus, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos, 1st Viscount of Bruch (Joan Prim i Prats; 6 December 1814 – 30 December 1870) was a Spanish general and statesman who was briefly Prime Minister of Spain until his assassination.
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Juho Kusti Paasikivi (27 November 1870 – 14 December 1956) was a Finnish politician who served as the seventh president of Finland from 1946 to 1956.
See 1870 and Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Jules Bordet
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet (13 June 1870 – 6 April 1961) was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist.
Jules de Goncourt
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt (17 December 183020 June 1870) was a French writer, who published books together with his brother Edmond.
See 1870 and Jules de Goncourt
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García (October 18, 1801 – April 11, 1870) was an Argentine general and politician who served as president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.
See 1870 and Justo José de Urquiza
Karl Renner
Karl Renner (14 December 1870 – 31 December 1950) was an Austrian politician and jurist of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria.
Kent
Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.
See 1870 and Kent
Lawrence Grant
Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant (30 October 1870 – 19 February 1952) was an English actor known for supporting roles in films such as The Living Ghost, I'll Tell the World, Shanghai Express, The Mask of Fu Manchu and Son of Frankenstein.
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta (2 April 1838 – 31 December 1882) was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government.
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Leopold IILeopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Francesco Ferdinando Carlo, Leopold Johann Joseph Franz Ferdinand Karl, English: Leopold John Joseph Francis Ferdinand Charles.
See 1870 and Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Lesotho
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.
See 1870 and Lesotho
List of governors of American Samoa
This is a list of governors, etc.
See 1870 and List of governors of American Samoa
List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone
The following is a list of governors of the Panama Canal Zone while it was under U.S. control.
See 1870 and List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone
List of the verified oldest people
These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest women and men sorted in descending order by age in years and days.
See 1870 and List of the verified oldest people
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
See 1870 and London
Longevity myths
Longevity myths are traditions about long-lived people (generally supercentenarians), either as individuals or groups of people, and practices that have been believed to confer longevity, but which current scientific evidence does not support, nor the reasons for the claims.
Louis II, Prince of Monaco
Louis II (Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi; 12 July 1870 – 9 May 1949) was Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 to 9 May 1949.
See 1870 and Louis II, Prince of Monaco
Louis Riel
Louis Riel (22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people.
Louisa Swain
Louisa Ann Swain (née Gardner; 1801 – January 25, 1880) was the first woman in the United States to vote in a general election after the repeal of women's suffrage in New Jersey in 1807.
Manitoba
Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country.
March
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
See 1870 and March
Maria Montessori
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy.
Marianne Weber
Marianne Weber (born Marianne Schnitger; 2 August 1870 – 12 March 1954) was a German sociologist, women's rights activist and the wife of Max Weber.
Marias Massacre
The Marias Massacre (also known as the Baker Massacre or the Piegan Massacre) was a massacre of Piegan Blackfeet Native peoples which was committed by United States Army forces under Major Eugene Mortimer Baker as part of the Indian Wars.
Marie Lloyd
Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (12 February 1870 – 7 October 1922), professionally known as Marie Lloyd, was an English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress.
Maxfield Parrish
Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 – March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century.
Mírzá Mihdí
Mírzá Mihdí (ميرزا مهدي‎ 1848 – June 23, 1870) was the youngest child of Baháʼí Faith founder Baháʼu'lláh and his wife Ásíyih Khánum.
Memoria Chilena
Memoria Chilena (Spanish for Chilean Memory) is a Chilean cultural website which, according to its own words, "offers investigations and documents related to key topics which make up the Chilean identity, accessible through the areas of history, literature, social sciences, music, and visual arts." Memoria Chilena is, also, a virtual library, which preserves material from the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile and other institutions from the Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (DIBAM).
Meteorology
Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
See 1870 and Metropolitan Museum of Art
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, GE (8 January 1870 – 16 March 1930), was a Spanish dictator and military officer who ruled as prime minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during the last years of the Bourbon Restoration.
See 1870 and Miguel Primo de Rivera
Mississippi
Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Mitsubishi
The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.
Moshoeshoe I
Moshoeshoe I (– 11 March 1870) was the first king of Lesotho.
Munich
Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
See 1870 and Munich
Musikverein
The, commonly shortened to, is a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, which is located in the Innere Stadt district.
Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as the second Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870.
Nathaniel de Rothschild
Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812–1870), was a businessman, banker and winemaker.
See 1870 and Nathaniel de Rothschild
National Association of Base Ball Players
The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball (spelled as two words in the 19th century).
See 1870 and National Association of Base Ball Players
National Library of Chile
The National Library of Chile is the national library of Chile.
See 1870 and National Library of Chile
National Theatre (Munich)
The National Theatre (Nationaltheater) on Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich, Germany, is a historic opera house, home of the Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian State Orchestra and the Bavarian State Ballet.
See 1870 and National Theatre (Munich)
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information.
See 1870 and National Weather Service
Nelson College
Nelson College is the oldest state secondary school in New Zealand, a feat achieved in part thanks to its original inception as a private school.
New Year's Day
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January.
Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).
See 1870 and Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics.
See 1870 and Nobel Prize in Physics
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.
See 1870 and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
North-Western Territory
The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America extant until 1870 and named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land.
See 1870 and North-Western Territory
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
See 1870 and Ohio State University
Old Faithful
Old Faithful is a cone geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
Papal infallibility
Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church which states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope when he speaks ex cathedra is preserved from the possibility of error on doctrine "initially given to the apostolic Church and handed down in Scripture and tradition".
See 1870 and Papal infallibility
Papal States
The Papal States (Stato Pontificio), officially the State of the Church (Stato della Chiesa; Status Ecclesiasticus), were a conglomeration of territories on the Apennine Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the Pope from 756 to 1870.
Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay (República del Paraguay; Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America.
Paraguayan War
The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870.
Pastor aeternus
Pastor aeternus ("First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ") was issued by the First Vatican Council, July 18, 1870.
Patrick MacDowell
Patrick MacDowell (12 August 1799 – 9 December 1870) was a Belfast-born British sculptor operating through the 19th century.
See 1870 and Patrick MacDowell
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (20 March 1870 – 9 March 1964), popularly known as the Lion of Africa (Löwe von Afrika), was a general in the Imperial German Army and the commander of its forces in the German East Africa campaign.
See 1870 and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
Pavlos Melas
Pavlos Melas (Παύλος Μελάς, Pávlos Melás; 29 March 1870 – 13 October 1904) was a Greek revolutionary and artillery officer of the Hellenic Army.
Pelaghia Roșu
Pelaghia Roșu (1800 – 10 June 1870) was a Romanian revolutionary who participated in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848.
Perucho Figueredo
Pedro Felipe Figueredo, (born 18 February 1818 – 17 August 1870), mostly known as Perucho, was a Cuban poet, musician, and freedom fighter of the 19th century.
See 1870 and Perucho Figueredo
Peter W. Barlow
Peter William Barlow (1 February 1809 – 19 May 1885) was an English civil engineer, particularly associated with railways, bridges (he designed the first Lambeth Bridge, a crossing of the River Thames in London), the design of tunnels and the development of tunnelling techniques.
Piegan Blackfeet
The Piegan (Blackfoot: ᑯᖱᖿᖹ Piikáni) are an Algonquian-speaking people from the North American Great Plains.
Pneumatics
Pneumatics (from Greek πνεῦμα 'wind, breath') is a branch of engineering that makes use of gas or pressurized air.
Political cartoon
A political cartoon, also known as an editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures, expressing the artist's opinion.
See 1870 and Political cartoon
Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX (Pio IX, Pio Nono; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878.
Port Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia.
See 1870 and Port Adelaide Football Club
Porta Pia
Porta Pia was one of the northern gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy.
Premier of the Soviet Union
The Premier of the Soviet Union (Глава Правительства СССР) was the head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
See 1870 and Premier of the Soviet Union
President of Argentina
The president of Argentina (Presidente de Argentina; officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation Presidente de la Nación Argentina.) is both head of state and head of government of Argentina.
See 1870 and President of Argentina
President of Finland
The president of the Republic of Finland (Suomen tasavallan presidentti; republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland.
See 1870 and President of Finland
President of Haiti
The president of Haiti (Prezidan peyi Ayiti, Président d'Haïti), officially called the president of the Republic of Haiti (Président de la République d'Haïti, Prezidan Repiblik Ayiti), is the head of state of Haiti.
See 1870 and President of Haiti
President of Mexico
The president of Mexico (Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States (Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico.
See 1870 and President of Mexico
President of Paraguay
The president of Paraguay (presidente del Paraguay), officially known as the president of the Republic of Paraguay (presidente de la República del Paraguay), is according to the Constitution of Paraguay the head of the executive branch of the government of Paraguay, both head of state and head of government.
See 1870 and President of Paraguay
President of the International Olympic Committee
The president of the International Olympic Committee is head of the executive board that assumes the general overall responsibility for the administration of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the management of its affairs.
See 1870 and President of the International Olympic Committee
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
See 1870 and President of the United States
President of Venezuela
The president of Venezuela (Presidente de Venezuela), officially known as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is the head of state and head of government in Venezuela.
See 1870 and President of Venezuela
Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada (premier ministre du Canada) is the head of government of Canada.
See 1870 and Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Finland
The prime minister of Finland (Suomen pääministeri) is the leader of the Finnish Government.
See 1870 and Prime Minister of Finland
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan.
See 1870 and Prime Minister of Japan
Prime Minister of Norway
The prime minister of Norway (statsminister, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the head of government and chief executive of Norway.
See 1870 and Prime Minister of Norway
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The prime minister of the Netherlands (Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands.
See 1870 and Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Prosper Mérimée
Prosper Mérimée (28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story.
Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
See 1870 and Prussia
Quebec
QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
See 1870 and Quebec
R. B. Bennett
Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett (July 3, 1870 – June 26, 1947) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
Rallou Karatza
Rallou Karatza-Argyropoulos (also rendered as Karatzis, Caradja and Karadja; Ραλλού Καρατζά Αργυροπούλου; Ralu Caragea Arghiropol, commonly Domnița Ralu, "Lady Ralu"; Ralu Karaca Argiropolis; 179916 April 1870) was a Phanariote Greek actress, theater director, and dramaturge, also noted as a participant in the Greek War of Independence.
Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
Ray Stannard Baker
Ray Stannard Baker (April 17, 1870 – July 12, 1946) (also known by his pen name David Grayson) was an American journalist, historian, biographer, and writer.
See 1870 and Ray Stannard Baker
Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the eleven former Confederate States of America into the United States.
See 1870 and Reconstruction era
Red River Rebellion
The Red River Rebellion (Rébellion de la rivière Rouge), also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by Métis leader Louis Riel and his followers at the Red River Colony, in the early stages of establishing today's Canadian province of Manitoba.
See 1870 and Red River Rebellion
Referendum
A referendum (referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.
Reginald Tyrwhitt
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet, (10 May 1870 – 30 May 1951) was a Royal Navy officer.
See 1870 and Reginald Tyrwhitt
Republic of Ploiești
The Republic of Ploiești (Republica de la Ploiești) was a revolt against the princely Romanian monarchy in the city of Ploiești, Romania, on 8 August, 1870.
See 1870 and Republic of Ploiești
Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas (República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a breakaway state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846.
See 1870 and Republic of Texas
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
See 1870 and Republican Party (United States)
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").
River Thames
The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.
See 1870 and Romania
Rugby football
Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.
Rupert's Land
Rupert's Land (Terre de Rupert), or Prince Rupert's Land (Terre du Prince Rupert), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin.
Saki
Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture.
See 1870 and Saki
Seale Harris
Seale Harris (March 13, 1870 – March 17, 1957) was an American physician and researcher born in Cedartown, Georgia.
Sedan, Ardennes
Sedan is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
Seitsemän veljestä
Seitsemän veljestä (literally translated The Seven Brothers, or The Brothers Seven in Douglas Robinson's 2017 translation) is the first and only novel by Aleksis Kivi, the national author of Finland.
See 1870 and Seitsemän veljestä
Siege of Metz (1870)
The Siege of Metz was a battle fought during the Franco-Prussian War from August 19 to October 27, 1870 and ended in a decisive allied German victory.
See 1870 and Siege of Metz (1870)
Siege of Paris (1870–1871)
The Siege of Paris took place from 19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871 and ended in the capture of the city by forces of the various states of the North German Confederation, led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
See 1870 and Siege of Paris (1870–1871)
Sigfrid Edström
Johannes Sigfrid Edström (11 November 1870 – 18 March 1964) was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and 4th President of the International Olympic Committee.
Solar Saros 153
Saros cycle series 153 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 eclipses, 49 of which will be umbral, all annular.
Solicitor General of the United States
The Solicitor General of the United States (USSG or SG), the fourth-highest-ranking official within the United States Department of Justice, represents the federal government in cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
See 1870 and Solicitor General of the United States
Stafford Parker
Stafford Parker was a British artist, miner and the only President of the small and short-lived "Diggers Republic" on the diamond fields of southern Africa.
Standard Oil
Standard Oil is the common name for a corporate trust in the petroleum industry that existed from 1882 to 1911.
Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch
Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch (June 18, 1809 - October 12, 1870) was an American Unitarian clergyman, author and hymn writer.
See 1870 and Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch
Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
See 1870 and Supreme Court of the United States
Sylvain Salnave
Sylvain Salnave (February 6, 1827 – January 15, 1870) was a Haitian general who served as the President of Haïti from 1867 to 1869.
Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States.
See 1870 and Syracuse University
Telegraphy
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message.
Temporal power of the Holy See
The Holy See exercised sovereign and secular power, as distinguished from its spiritual and pastoral activity, while the pope ruled the Papal States in central Italy.
See 1870 and Temporal power of the Holy See
Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
See 1870 and Texas
Thanksgiving (United States)
Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
See 1870 and Thanksgiving (United States)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.
See 1870 and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Football Association
The Football Association or the FA is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
See 1870 and The Football Association
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by the English author Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870.
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The Northern Echo
The Northern Echo is a regional daily morning newspaper based in the town of Darlington in North East England, serving mainly southern County Durham and northern Yorkshire.
See 1870 and The Northern Echo
The Oval
The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London.
Thomas Blake Glover
Thomas Blake Glover (6 June 1838 – 16 December 1911) was an Anglo-Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and Meiji-period Japan.
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Thomas Mundy Peterson
Thomas Mundy Peterson (October 6, 1824 – February 4, 1904) of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, has been claimed to be the first African American to vote in an election under the just-enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Thomas Nast
Thomas Nast (September 26, 1840December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".
Thomas Scott (Orangeman)
Thomas Scott (1 January 1842 – 4 March 1870) was an Irish Protestant who emigrated to Canada in 1863.
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Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas William Lamont Jr. (September 30, 1870 – February 2, 1948) was an American banker.
Tianjin Massacre
The Tianjin Massacre, also spelled the Tientsin Massacre, was an attack on Christian missionaries and converts in the late 19th century during the late Qing dynasty.
Tom Richardson (cricketer)
Tom Richardson (11 August 1870 – 2 July 1912) was an English cricketer.
See 1870 and Tom Richardson (cricketer)
Tower Subway
The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, between Tower Hill on the north bank of the river and Vine Lane (off Tooley Street) on the south.
Trixie Friganza
Trixie Friganza (born Delia O'Callaghan; November 29, 1870February 27, 1955) was an American actress.
Tunnelling shield
A tunnelling shield is a protective structure used during the excavation of large, human-made tunnels.
See 1870 and Tunnelling shield
Ulysses S. Grant
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Unification of Italy
The unification of Italy (Unità d'Italia), also known as the Risorgimento, was the 19th century political and social movement that in 1861 resulted in the consolidation of various states of the Italian Peninsula and its outlying isles into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy.
See 1870 and Unification of Italy
United States Army Signal Corps
The United States Army Signal Corps (USASC) is a branch of the United States Army that creates and manages communications and information systems for the command and control of combined arms forces.
See 1870 and United States Army Signal Corps
United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
See 1870 and United States Congress
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.
See 1870 and United States Department of Justice
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
See 1870 and United States Senate
Utah Territory
The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state.
Vítězslav Novák
Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (5 December 1870 – 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory.
Victor de Broglie (1785–1870)
Victor de Broglie, 3rd Duke of Broglie (28 November 178525 January 1870), briefly Victor de Broglie, was a French peer, statesman, and diplomat.
See 1870 and Victor de Broglie (1785–1870)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist.
Walter Edwards (director)
Walter Edwards (January 8, 1870 – April 12, 1920), was an American director, screenwriter and actor.
See 1870 and Walter Edwards (director)
Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition
The Washburn Expedition of 1870 explored the region of northwestern Wyoming that two years later became Yellowstone National Park.
See 1870 and Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition
William F. Packer
William Fisher Packer (April 2, 1807September 27, 1870) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as the 14th governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861.
See 1870 and William F. Packer
William G. Morgan
William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport.
See 1870 and William G. Morgan
Wolseley expedition
The Wolseley expedition was a military force authorized by Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald to confront Louis Riel and the Métis in 1870, during the Red River Rebellion, at the Red River Colony in what is now the province of Manitoba.
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Women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections.
Wrought iron
Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%).
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is a national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.
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1800
As of March 1 (O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 (O.S. February 16), 1900.
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1816
This year was known as the Year Without a Summer, because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in some locations.
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1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
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1848
1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the political and philosophical landscape and had major ramifications throughout the rest of the century.
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1870 Batang earthquake
On April 11, 1870, a moment magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Batang County in Sichuan, China.
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1870 Charlevoix earthquake
The 1870 Charlevoix earthquake occurred on 20 October in the Canadian province of Quebec.
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1912
This year is notable for the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15th.
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1915
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
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1916
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
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1920 United States presidential election
The 1920 United States presidential election was the 34th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1920.
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1941
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million.
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1942
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million.
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1943
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
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1944
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
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1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.
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1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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1957
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
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1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
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1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
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2017
2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
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