Explore 883 historical events from 1870–1879.
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)
Élie Frédéric Forey was a Marshal of France.
Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (born 1804)
Rudecindo Alvarado was an Argentine general. He fought in the military campaigns of Manuel Belgrano, and in the Army of the Andes. He was governor of Mendoza. He left the country d…
Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (born 1792)
Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, most often referred to as N. F. S. Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. He was one of t…
N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (born 1783)
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was a German philosopher and anthropologist who was a leading figure among the Young Hegelians. He is best known for his 1841 book, The Essence of Christia…
Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (born 1804)
Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military officer, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872. A Zapotec, he was th…
Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (born 1806)
Charles XV and IV was King of Sweden and King of Norway, there often referred to as Charles IV, from 8 July 1859 until his death in 1872. Charles was the third Swedish monarch from…
Charles XV of Sweden (born 1826)
The Battle of Orange Walk took place on 1 September 1872 when a force of Icaiche Maya led by Marcus Canul attacked the town of Orange Walk in Belize. Canul had previously been invo…
A small British force commanded by a surgeon fought off a surprise attack by the Maya on Orange Walk Town, British…
The Camp Grant massacre, on April 30, 1871, was an attack on Pinal and Aravaipa Apaches who surrendered to the United States Army at Camp Grant, Arizona, along the San Pedro River.…
The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory
The United States expedition to Korea, known in Korea as the Shinmiyangyo, or simply the Korean Expedition, was an American military action in Korea that took place predominantly o…
Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea
The Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion happened on 11 August 1871 at the Prentices Guncotton Factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk. It was blown up by two massive explosions in the factory wh…
An explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket, England, killing 28.
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), often known simply as the National Association (NA), was the first fully-professional sports league in baseball…
The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana
The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian W…
French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting
John Coleridge Patteson was an English Anglican bishop, missionary to the South Sea Islands, and an accomplished linguist, learning 23 of the islands' more than 1,000 languages.
Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
Edmund John Millington Synge, popularly known as J. M. Synge, was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, and collector of folklores. As a key figure of the Irish Literary Revival durin…
John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1909)
Sir Sydney John Chapman KCB CBE was an English economist and civil servant. He was Chief Economic Adviser to HM Government from 1927 to 1932.
Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (died 1951)
Lorne Campbell Currie was a British sailor who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With crew John Gretton, Linton Hope and Algernon Maudslay. Cur…
Lorne Currie, French-English sailor (died 1926)
A rack railway is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with thi…
Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi
The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian W…
The Paris Commune falls after two months
The Universities Tests Act 1871 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished religious "Tests" and allowed Roman Catholics, non-conformists and non-Christians t…
The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religi
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, w…
British Columbia joins the Canadian Confederation.