Explore 570 historical events from 1870–1879.
Frank Rattray Lillie was an American zoologist and an early pioneer of the study of embryology. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lillie moved to the United States in 1891 to study…
Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (died 1947)
Joseph Carl Breil was an American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor. He was one of the earliest American composers to compose specific music for motion pictures. …
Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (died 1926)
Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1947)
Louis II was Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 to 9 May 1949.
Louis II, Prince of Monaco (died 1949)
Lambert McKenna S.J. was a Jesuit priest and writer.
Lambert McKenna, Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar (died 1956)
Ellen Frederica Oliver was a British suffragette, purity activist and a follower of the Panacea Society, who was the first person to recognise Mabel Barltrop as a prophet in the mo…
Ellen Oliver (suffragette), British suffragette (died 1921)
Charles Davidson Dunbar, DCM was the first pipe major to be commissioned as a pipe officer in Britain and the British Empire. He emigrated from Scotland to Canada, where he came t…
Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (died 1939)
Emil Orlik was a Czech-German painter, etcher and lithographer. He lived and worked in Prague, Austria and Germany.
Emil Orlík, Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer (died 1932)
Maxfield Parrish was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century. His works featured distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical ima…
Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (died 1966)
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays …
Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (died 1953)
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)
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist …
Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (born 1812)
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt was a French writer, who published books together with his brother Edmond. Jules was born and died in Paris. His death at the age of 39 was at Auteuil…
Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (born 1830)
David Heaton was an American attorney and politician, a U.S. representative from North Carolina. He earlier was elected to the state senates of Ohio and Minnesota.
David Heaton, American lawyer and politician (born 1823)
Armand Barbès was a French Republican revolutionary and an opponent of the July Monarchy (1830–1848).
Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (born 1809)
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren was a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched significant advances in gunnery.
John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (born 1809)
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål.
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet and journalist (born 1818)
Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, was a territory in British America based on the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The right to "sole trade and commerce" over Rupert's Land was gra…
Following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company, Manitoba was established as a province of Canada.