Explore 883 historical events from 1870–1879.
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (190…
Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (died 1938)
John Mary Pius Boland was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of…
John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (died 1958)
Clark David Wissler was an American anthropologist, ethnologist, and archaeologist.
Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (died 1947)
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)
David Glasgow Farragut was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Nav…
David Farragut, American admiral (born 1801)
Pedro Felipe Figueredo, mostly known as Perucho, was a Cuban poet, musician, and freedom fighter of the 19th century. In the 1860s, he was active in the planning of the Cuban upris…
Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (born 1818)
Ma Xinyi, courtesy name Gushan (穀山), art names Yanmen (燕門) and Tiefang (鐵舫), posthumous name Duanmin (端敏), was a Chinese Muslim official and military general of the Qing dynasty of…
Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (born 1821)
Eleanora Atherton was an English philanthropist and heiress associated with Manchester during the late Georgian and Victorian periods. She funded churches, schools, hospitals, and …
Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (born 1782)
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as Fitzhugh Ludlow, was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857).
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (born 1836)
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.
The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, between Tower Hill on the north bank of the river and Vine Lane on the south. In 1869 a 1,340-foot-long (41…
One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath…
The Franco-Prussian War, occasionally known as the Franco-German War, and sometimes referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between France and the North German Con…
Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan, which led to the collapse of the…
The Bersaglieri, singular Bersagliere, are a troop of marksmen in the Italian Army's infantry corps. They were originally created by General Alessandro Ferrero La Marmora on 18 Jun…
The Bersaglieri entered Rome through the Porta Pia, ending the temporal power of the Pope and completing the…