Explore 883 historical events from 1870–1879.
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, born Sri Madhusudan Dutta, was a Bengali poet and playwright. He is considered one of the pioneers of Bengali literature.
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (born 1824)
Viktor Aleksandrovich Hartmann or Gartman was a Russian architect and painter. He was associated with the Abramtsevo Colony, purchased and preserved beginning in 1870 by Savva Mamo…
Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (born 1834)
Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg was a Finnish priest, who worked as a chaplain in Alavieska and as a deputy pastor in Haapajärvi. He is best known as the father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the fir…
Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (born 1832)
Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie, 10th Baronet was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland, Australia from August 1867 to November 1868.
Robert Mackenzie, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (born 1811)
Franz Xaver Winterhalter was a German painter and lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century. His name has become a…
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (born 1805)
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 North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and ord
Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish…
The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened to traffic.
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877, continuing until 1879 in the French Third …
Panic of 1873: The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declared bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures.
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)
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 1872 election. …
Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States
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
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)
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)
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)
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…
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)
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)