1870 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1870?
- January 10, 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- January 26, 1870 – American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
- 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.
- February 23, 1870 – In the United States, post-Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
- 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.
- May 12, 1870 – The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
- May 14, 1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
- July 15, 1870 – Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established from these vast territories.
- 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 18, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
- September 3, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
- 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 7, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon.
- October 27, 1870 – Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
- December 12, 1870 – Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first one being Hiram Revels.
- December 26, 1870 – The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
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