Explore 570 historical events from 1870–1879.
María de las Mercedes of Orléans was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta …
Mercedes of Orléans (born 1860)
Sidney Breese, a lawyer, soldier, author and jurist born in New York, became an early Illinois pioneer and represented the state in the United States Senate as well as served as Ch…
Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (born 1800)
María de las Mercedes of Orléans was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta …
Mercedes of Orléans, Queen Consort of King Alfonso XII of Spain (born 1860)
Aleardo Aleardi, born Gaetano Maria, was an Italian poet who belonged to the so-called Neo-romanticists.
Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (born 1812)
Yegor (Egor) Ivanovich Zolotaryov was a Russian mathematician.
Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1847)
Samuel Bass was a 19th-century American train robber, outlaw, and outlaw gang leader. Notably, he led a gang of six that robbed a Union Pacific train in Nebraska in September 1877,…
Sam Bass, American outlaw (born 1851)
Baron Carl von Rokitansky was an Austrian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician, founder of the Viennese School of Medicine of the 19th century. He wa…
Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (born 1804)
George Law Curry was a predominant American political figure and newspaper publisher in the region that eventually became the state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he publishe…
George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (born 1820)
Karl Eduard Nobiling was a German attempted assassin, who in 1878 made an attempt on the life of Emperor Wilhelm I.
Anarchist Karl Nobiling attempted to assassinate German Emperor Wilhelm I
Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.
Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops
The Great Mill Disaster, also known as the Washburn A Mill explosion, occurred on May 2, 1878, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The disaster resulted in 18 deaths. The exp…
A dust explosion (depicted) at the world's largest flour mill in Minneapolis resulted in 18 deaths
The Salem witchcraft trial of 1878, also known as the Ipswich witchcraft trial and the second Salem witch trial, was an American civil case held in May 1878 in Salem, Massachusetts…
The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts
Gilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas betw…
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H
The League of Prizren, officially the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation, was an Albanian political organization that was officially founded on June 10, 18…
The League of Prizren was officially founded to "struggle in arms to defend the wholeness of the territories of Albania"
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is an all-breed conformation show, held annually in the New York metropolitan area.
At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens
The Battle of White Bird Canyon was fought on June 17, 1877, in Idaho Territory. White Bird Canyon was the opening battle of the Nez Perce War between the Nez Perce Indians and the…
American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the A…
Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
The Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and a coalition led by the Russian Empire which included Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro. Precipitating …
Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire
The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, were initially fought by European colonial empires, the United States, and briefly the Conf…
American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army un
Crazy Horse was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by White American settlers on Nat…
Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska
Mihail Kogălniceanu was a Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on October 11, 1863, after the 1859 union of the Danubian…
Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania
Tsuneo Matsudaira was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as the first President of the House of Councillors from 1947 to 1949. He previously served as Ambassador to the…
Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat (died 1949)
Vicente Yap Sotto, Sr. was a Filipino playwright, journalist, and politician who served as a senator from 1946 to 1950. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1922 to …
Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1950)
Ole Evinrude, born Ole Andreassen Aaslundeie was an American entrepreneur, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application.
Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American engineer, invented the outboard motor (died 1934)