Explore 570 historical events from 1870–1879.
The Reconstruction era, often simply called Reconstruction, was a period in United States history that followed the American Civil War (1861–1865) and was dominated by the legal, s…
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S
A trade union or labor union, often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as…
Trade unions are legalized in Canada
Alice Salomon was a German social reformer and pioneer of social work as an academic discipline. Her role was so important to German social work that the Deutsche Bundespost issued…
Alice Salomon, German social reformer (died 1948)
Margaret of Prussia was the youngest child of Frederick III, German Emperor, and Victoria, Princess Royal. She was also the younger sister of Emperor Wilhelm II and the granddaught…
Princess Margaret of Prussia (died 1954)
Charles Burgess Fry was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. John Arlott described him with the words:…
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Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horse breeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.
Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (died 1930)
The Ballot Act 1872 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced the requirement for parliamentary and local government elections in the United Kingdom to be …
The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections…
Forest Ray Moulton was an American astronomer. He was the brother of Harold G. Moulton, a noted economist.
Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (died 1952)
Hugo Emil Alfvén was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Alfvén was one of Sweden's principal composers. His "Swedish Rhapsody”, written when he was 31, is still…
Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (died 1960)
Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais nicknamed "the President-King", was the president of Portugal, serving in 1918. A Portuguese politician, military officer, and diplomat he …
Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (died 1918)
Natsuko Higuchi , known by her pen name Higuchi Ichiyō , was a Japanese writer during the Meiji era. She was Japan's first professional woman writer of modern literature, specializ…
Ichiyō Higuchi, Japanese writer (died 1896)
Willem de Sitter was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He is known for the de Sitter universe, which is a cosmological model that was named after him.
Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1934)
Ahmed Djemal Pasha was an Ottoman general and statesman. Along with Talaat and Enver, he was one of the Three Pashas that ruled the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general (died 1922)
Marcel Israël Mauss was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology". The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the bo…
Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (died 1950)
Anton Korošec was a Slovene Yugoslav politician, a prominent member of the conservative People's Party, a Roman Catholic priest and a noted orator.
Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, tenth Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (died 1940)
Elia Dalla Costa was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Florence from 1931 until his death. Dalla Costa served as the Bishop of Padua fr…
Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (died 1961)
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He influenced mathematics, logic, set theory, and v…
Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
Marian Smoluchowski was a Polish physicist who worked in the territories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a pioneer of statistical physics and made significant contributions …
Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist and mountaineer (died 1917)
Alexandra Feodorovna was the last empress of Russia as the consort of Nicholas II from their marriage on 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March…
Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress (died 1918)
Arthur Henry Adams was a journalist and author. He started his career in New Zealand, though he spent most of it in Australia, and for a short time lived in China and London.
Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (died 1936)
Jan Frans De Boever was a Belgian Symbolist painter, known for his paintings of voluptuous nude women in morbid contexts. Skeletons, death and eroticism flood his oeuvre. He made i…
Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1949)
Thomas N. Heffron was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanho…
Thomas N
János Szlepecz was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, dean, and writer. He wrote in the Prekmurje Slovene dialect and also in Hungarian.
János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and author (died 1936)
Thomas William Burgess was the second person to successfully complete a swim of the English Channel after Matthew Webb, following sixteen attempts. Burgess was British but spent mo…
Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (died 1950)