1873
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Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to soci…
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The 1870s
Explore 570 historical events from 1870–1879.
1873
The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the…
The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1873
Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States
Patrick Francis Healy was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was an influential president of Georgetown University, becoming known as its "second founder". The university's…
Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States
1873
Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
Prince Edward Island is an island province of Canada. It is the smallest province by both land area and population, but has the highest population density in Canada. The island has…
Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
1873
At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old…
Adair is a city in Adair and Guthrie counties of Iowa in the United States. The population was 791 at the 2020 census.
At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old…
1873
Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (died 1967)
Sydney Francis Barnes was an English professional cricketer who is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He was right-handed and bowled at a pace that varied from me…
Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (died 1967)
1873
James Harcourt, English character actor (died 1951)
James Harcourt was an English character actor.
James Harcourt, English character actor (died 1951)
1873
Ellen Glasgow, American author (died 1945)
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942 for her novel In This Our Life. She published 20 novels, as well as short s…
Ellen Glasgow, American author (died 1945)
1873
Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1956)
Walter John de la Mare was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his ps…
Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1956)
1873
Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (died 1962)
Howard Roger Garis was an American author, best known for a series of books that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Many of his books wer…
Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (died 1962)
1873
Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (died 1944)
Jurgis Baltrušaitis was a Lithuanian Symbolist poet and translator who wrote in Lithuanian and Russian, and was an exponent of iconology. He was the father of art historian and cri…
Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (died 1944)
1873
Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1945)
Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadsky was a Ukrainian aristocrat, military leader and statesman who served as the hetman of the Ukrainian State throughout 1918 following a coup d'état on 29 …
Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1945)
1873
Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (died 1901)
Leon Frank Czolgosz was an American wireworker and anarchist who assassinated United States president William McKinley in 1901. Czolgosz had lost his job during the economic Panic …
Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (died 1901)
1873
Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (died 1933)
Anton Joseph Cermak was an American politician who served as the 44th Mayor of Chicago from 1931 until he was fatally wounded in 1933 by Giuseppe Zangara, who was trying to assassi…
Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (died 1933)
1873
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James Edward Hervey MacDonald was an English-born Canadian artist, best known as a member of the Group of Seven who asserted a distinct national identity combined with a common her…
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1873
Oskari Tokoi, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (died 1963)
Antti Oskari Tokoi was a Finnish socialist politician who served as a leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. Tokoi became Chairman of the Senate of Finland in 1917, and …
Oskari Tokoi, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (died 1963)
1873
Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist (died 1935)
Henri Barbusse was a French novelist, short story writer, journalist, poet and political activist. He began his literary career in the 1890s as a Symbolist poet and continued as a …
Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist (died 1935)
1873
Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist (died 1957)
Dorothy Miller Richardson was a British author and journalist. Author of Pilgrimage, a sequence of 13 semi-autobiographical novels published between 1915 and 1967—though Richardson…
Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist (died 1957)
1873
Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (died 1941)
Hans Berger was a German psychiatrist. He is best known as the inventor of electroencephalography (EEG) in 1924, which is a method used for recording the electrical activity of the…
Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (died 1941)
1873
Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1958)
Olaf Leonhard Gulbransson was a Norwegian artist, painter and designer. He is probably best known for his caricatures and illustrations.
Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1958)
1873
Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer (died 1918)
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. His compositions include among othe…
Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer (died 1918)
1873
Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician (died 1955)
Elena Alistar-Romanescu was a Bessarabian physician and politician who was part of Sfatul Țării from Bessarabia.
Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician (died 1955)
1873
Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
Otto Loewi was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter. For this discovery, he was awarded the N…
Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
1873
Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (died 1942)
Nictzin Wilstone Dyalhis was an American chemist and short story writer who specialized in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. He wrote as Nictzin Dyalhis. During his lifeti…
Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (died 1942)