Explore 281 historical events from 1870–1879.
Walter Bowman Russell was an American impressionist painter, sculptor, property developer, and author. Russell wrote extensively on topics relating to science, but his ideas did no…
Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (died 1963)
Georges-Henri Rouault was a French painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism.
Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (died 1958)
Clark Greenwood Voorhees was an American Impressionist and Tonalist landscape painter and one of the founders of the Old Lyme Art Colony.
Clark Voorhees, American painter (died 1933)
Antonio Martín Mariano Carrera Sabat was a Mexican general, senator, and interim president of the country for about a month in 1855. He was a moderate Liberal.
Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1806)
The Manitoba Act, 1870 is an act of the Parliament of Canada, and part of the Constitution of Canada, that provided for the admission of Manitoba as the fifth province of Canada.
The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15
Rugby football is a type of football, a team sport which developed in the nineteenth century in England, and which later split into the modern sports of rugby union and rugby leagu…
The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club
Edwin Stanton Porter was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Play…
Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1941)
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1…
Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (died 1924)
Franz Lehár was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow.
Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (died 1948)
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was an Indian producer, director and screenwriter, widely regarded as "the Father of Indian cinema".
Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1944)
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, informally known by her family as Thora, was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. From July 1917, she was addres…
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1948)
Walter Mathers Rutherford was a Scottish golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (died 1936)
Henry William Vardon was a professional golfer from Jersey. He was a member of the Great Triumvirate with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. Vardon won The Open Championship a reco…
Harry Vardon, British golfer (died 1937)
Major General Sir Newton James Moore, was an Australian politician, businessman and army officer. He served as the eighth Premier of Western Australia from 1906 to 1910 and, follow…
Newton Moore, Australian politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (died 1936)
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo 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 Unit…
Benjamin N
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, was a South African statesman, military officer and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as Prime Mi…
Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (died 1950)
Thomas Cooke was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and the first Bishop of Trois Rivières from 1852 to 1870.
Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (born 1792)