1870 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1870?
- January 6, 1870 – The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
- January 23, 1870 – In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre.
- February 3, 1870 – The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race.
- February 9, 1870 – President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
- February 10, 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
- March 1, 1870 – Marshal F.S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the War of the Triple Alliance.
- April 13, 1870 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art founded.
- May 14, 1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
- June 26, 1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
- July 18, 1870 – The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
- July 19, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
- August 6, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
- August 16, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
- August 24, 1870 – The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
- September 2, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan – Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
- September 4, 1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
- September 18, 1870 – Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
- September 19, 1870 – Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
- October 23, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.
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