27 events found for 1870
The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15
The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club
The United States Department of Justice is created by the U
The US Congress establishes the first federal holidays (New Year Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas)
The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to…
Canadian Confederation: Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay…
The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a German victory.
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive German victory.
The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.