Explore 570 historical events from 1870–1879.
Theodore Payne, was an English horticulturist, gardener, landscape designer, and botanist. His best known work was done over his adult life in Southern California.
Theodore Payne, English-American gardener and botanist (died 1963)
George Lyndon Carpenter was an Australian writer who was the fifth General of The Salvation Army from 1939 to 1946.
George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army (died 1948)
Francis Welch Crowninshield was an American journalist and art and theater critic best known for developing and editing the magazine Vanity Fair for 21 years, making it a pre-emine…
Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic (died 1947)
Heber Doust Curtis was an American astronomer. He participated in 11 expeditions for the study of solar eclipses, and, as an advocate and theorist that additional galaxies existed …
Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer (died 1942)
Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Ken…
Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1906)
William Du Bois Duddell was an English physicist and electrical engineer. His inventions include the moving coil oscillograph, as well as the thermo-ammeter and thermo-galvanometer…
William Duddell, English physicist and engineer (died 1917)
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he served from 1921 to 1923 as the 29th vice preside…
Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (died 1933)
Emil Dominik Josef Hácha was a Czech lawyer, serving as the president of Czechoslovakia from November 1938 to March 1939. In March 1939, after the breakup of Czechoslovakia, Hácha …
Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (died 1945)
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing th…
Louis Blériot, French pilot and engineer (died 1936)
Édouard Marie Herriot was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and twice as President of the Chamber of Deputies. He led the f…
Édouard Herriot, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1957)
Albert Marque was a French sculptor and doll maker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Albert Marque, French sculptor and doll maker (died 1939)
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (died 1928)
Frank Arthur Cooper was Premier of Queensland from 1942 to 1946 for the Labor Party.
Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland (died 1949)
Julius Ernst Wilhelm Fučík was a Czech composer and conductor of military bands. He became a prolific composer, with over 400 marches, polkas and waltzes to his name. As most of hi…
Julius Fučík, Czech composer and conductor of military bands (died 1916)
Stanislav Binički was a Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. A student of German composer Josef Rheinberger, he became the first director of the Opera Sector of the National…
Stanislav Binički, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. (died 1942)
Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.
Albert Sarraut, French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (died 1962)
Eric Alfred Knudsen was an American writer, folklorist, lawyer and politician who grew up and lived on Kauai, Hawaii. His father was Valdemar Knudsen, a west Kauai sugar plantation…
Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (died 1957)
Princess Clémentine of Belgium was the third daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium, and Marie Henriette of Austria. She was by birth a Princess of Belgium and member of the House …
Princess Clémentine of Belgium (died 1955)
Alexander Loyd served one term as mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1840 until 1841 for the Democratic Party.
Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (born 1805)
John Baker was an early South Australian pastoralist and politician. He was the second Premier of the colony of South Australia, succeeding Boyle Travers Finniss; however, he only …
John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (born 1813)
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a German painter, chiefly of Biblical subjects. As a young man he associated with the painters of the Nazarene movement who revived the florid Ren…
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (born 1794)
James Gordon Bennett Sr. was a British-born American businessman who was the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American news…
James Gordon Bennett, Sr
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke was a Dutch liberal statesman, one of the most important Dutch politicians of the 19th century. Thorbecke is best known for heading the commission that draf…
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1798)
Norman Macleod was a Scottish clergyman and author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1869/70.
Norman MacLeod, Scottish minister and author (born 1812)