Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
The Minute Man is an 1874 sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Minute Man National Historical Park, located in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. It was created between 1871 a…
The Minute Man was unveiled as part of the centennial celebration of the Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi. It was composed in memory of Aless…
Verdi's Requiem was first performed at San Marco in Milan on the first anniversary of Manzoni's death
Pierre Gilliard was a Swiss academic and author, best known as the French-language tutor to the five children of Russian emperor Nicholas II from 1905 to 1918. In 1921, after the R…
Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (died 1962)
Antonio Martín Mariano Carrera Sabat was a Mexican general, senator, and interim president of the country for about a month in 1855. He was a moderate Liberal.
Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1806)
Henri Léon Thiébaut was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the si…
Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (died 1943)
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The university was founded in 1842 by members of the Congregati…
Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the
Frederick Conrad Koch was an American biochemist and endocrinologist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Koch graduated from the University of Illinois in 1899. He was affiliated with the …
Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (died 1948)
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)
Hermanus Gerardus "Herman" Brockmann was a Dutch coxswain who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (died 1936)
Élie Frédéric Forey was a Marshal of France.
Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (born 1804)
Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial, also known as Louis-Napoléon, was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and Empress Eugénie. After his father was dethroned in 187…
Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War
Charles Taze Russell, or Pastor Russell, was an American Adventist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founder of the Bible Student movement. He was an early Christian Zion…
Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
Knock is a village in County Mayo, Ireland.
The locals of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland report their having seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary. The apparition is…
The Anglo-Zulu War, or simply the Zulu War, was fought in present-day South Africa from January to early July 1879 between forces of the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Two fa…
Anglo-Zulu War: Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
The Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society is an Aromanian cultural organization in Romania. It was founded on 23 September 1879, succeeding the Macedo-Romanian Committee established in …
The Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society is founded.
Henri Alexis Tauzin was a French athlete who competed in the early twentieth century. He specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and won a silver medal in Athletics at the 1900 Summe…
Henri Tauzin, French hurdler (died 1918)
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The university was founded in 1842 by members of the Congregati…
Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the
The Indian indenture system was a system of indentured servitude, by which more than 1.6 million workers from India were transported to labour in various overseas European colonies…
The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas
Korneli Kekelidze was a Soviet and Georgian philologist, scholar of Georgian literature, and one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi State University where he chaired the Depart…
Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist and scholar (died 1962)
Arthur James Robertson was a British runner who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He won the gold medal in the 3-mile team race and a silver in the steeplechase.
Arthur Robertson, Scottish runner (died 1957)
Alexandre Paul Poiret was a French fashion designer, a master couturier during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was the founder of his namesake haute couture house.
Paul Poiret, French fashion designer (died 1944)
Bernhard Gregory was a Baltic German chess master.
Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (died 1939)
The War of the Pacific, also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Chilean claims on coastal Bolivi…
War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessel
The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy, spanning most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Rep…
Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state
Madison Square Garden (1879–1890) was an arena in New York City at the northeast corner of East 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The first venue to use that name, it se…
Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the publ
The Zungeni Mountain skirmish took place on 5 June 1879 between British and Zulu forces during the second invasion of Zululand, in what is now South Africa, in the later stages of …
The Zungeni Mountain skirmish took place between British and Zulu forces during the second invasion of the Zulu Kingdom
The Anglo-Zulu War, or simply the Zulu War, was fought in present-day South Africa from January to early July 1879 between forces of the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Two fa…
Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war…
USS Jeannette was a naval exploration vessel which, commanded by George W. De Long, undertook the Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881 to the Arctic. After being trapped in the ice an…
Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
Susanna Bokoyni, also known as "Princess Susanna", was a Hungarian centenarian and circus performer who was listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-lived dwarf on record.
Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian-American circus performer (died 1984)
Alfred Eric Campbell was an English actor. He was a key member of Charlie Chaplin's film ensemble, invariably playing an intimidating bully, and appeared in eleven of Chaplin's fil…
Eric Campbell, British actor (died 1917)
Sir Owen Willans Richardson was a British physicist who received the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on thermionic emission and for the discovery of Richardson's law.
Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was a…
Thomas Beecham, English conductor (died 1961)
The siege of the British Residency in Kabul was a military engagement of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The British resident, Sir Louis Cavagnari, and his escort were massacred after…
Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by…
Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival that started on 18 September 1879, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire…
The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.