Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
The Hamburg massacre was a riot in the United States town of Hamburg, South Carolina, in July 1876, leading up to the last election season of the Reconstruction era. It was the fir…
The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six…
Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing th…
Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas.…
Richard Wagner's Siegfried, the penultimate opera in his Ring cycle, is premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas.…
Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the last opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
Jacob Nicol, was a Canadian lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. He became Senator under Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (died 1958)
Ferdinand Ernst Felle was a German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German boat Ludwigshafener Ruderverein, which won the bronze medal in the coxe…
Ernst Felle, German rower (died 1959)
Nicola Romeo was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur mostly known for founding the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo. He served as a senator in the 18th Legislature of the Kingdom of It…
Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman (died 1938)
The sultans of the Ottoman Empire, who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty, ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 19…
Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother, Abdul Hamid II.
Northfield is a city in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. A small portion lies in the adjacent Dakota County. The population was 20,790 at the 2020 census. Northfield is 40 mi…
In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by…
Texas A&M University is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&…
The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now known as Texas A&M) opens as the first public college in Texas.
Orso Mario Corbino was an Italian physicist and politician. He is noted for his studies of the influence of external magnetic fields on the motion of electrons in metals and he dis…
Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (died 1937)
Ludvig Karsten was a Norwegian painter. He was a neo-impressionist influenced by Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and contemporary French painting. He first participated at the Autumn e…
Ludvig Karsten, Norwegian painter (died 1926)
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner …
Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (died 1918)
Hermann Müller was a German Social Democratic politician who served as foreign minister (1919–1920) and was twice chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (died 1931)
Julius Klinger was an Austrian painter, draftsman, illustrator, commercial graphic artist, typographer and writer. Klinger studied at the Technologisches Gewerbemuseum HTL in Vienn…
Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1942)
Percival Albert Perrin, known as either "Percy" or "Peter", was an English cricketer, who played for Essex as a right-handed middle-order batsman for more than thirty years from 18…
Percy Perrin, English cricketer (died 1945)
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anticommunist political activist. He is known for his books about Lenin and the Russian Civil …
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (died 1945)
Sir William Arthur Stanier was an English railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
William Stanier, English engineer (died 1965)
Isaac Heinemann was an Israeli rabbinical scholar and a professor of classical literature, Hellenistic literature and philology.
Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1957)
Frederick Conrad Koch was an American biochemist and endocrinologist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Koch graduated from the University of Illinois in 1899. He was affiliated with the …
Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (died 1948)
Pierre Alexandre Tuffèri, also spelt Tuffère, was a French-Greek athlete, although he was born and lived in Athens, his father was French. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics a…
Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper (died 1958)
Alfred Louis Kroeber was an American cultural anthropologist. He received his PhD under Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1901, the first doctorate in anthropology awarded by Co…
Alfred L
William Sealy Gosset was an English statistician, chemist and brewer who worked for Guinness. In statistics, he pioneered small-sample experimental design. Gosset published under t…
William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician (died 1937)
William John Carr was an American rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American boat Vesper Boat Club, which won the gold medal in the eights.
William Carr, American rower (died 1942)