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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English Christian apologist writer. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century l…
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The 1870s
Explore 369 historical events from 1870–1879.
1874
Ernest Duchesne, French physician (died 1912)
Ernest Duchesne was a French physician who noted that certain molds kill bacteria. He made this discovery 32 years before Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic properties of …
Ernest Duchesne, French physician (died 1912)
1874
Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist (died 1931)
Yury Nikolaevitch Voronov was a Russian botanist. He worked at the Botanical Garden in Leningrad.
Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist (died 1931)
1874
Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (died 1930)
Launceston Elliot was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic champion.
Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (died 1930)
1874
Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1960)
Arthur Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Part…
Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1960)
1874
Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (died 1941)
Peder Oluf Pedersen was a Danish engineer and physicist. He is notable for his work on electrotechnology, his cooperation with Valdemar Poulsen on the developmental work on Wire re…
Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (died 1941)
1874
Alexander H
Alexander Hamilton Bailey was an American politician, a United States representative and judge from New York.
Alexander H
1874
Cochise, American tribal chief (born 1805)
Cochise was the leader of the Chiricahui local group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of a Chiricahua Apache. A key war leader during the Apache Wars, he l…
Cochise, American tribal chief (born 1805)
1874
Ferdinand Stoliczka, Moravian palaeontologist and ornithologist (born 1838)
Ferdinand Stoliczka was a Moravian palaeontologist who worked in India on paleontology, geology and various aspects of zoology, including ornithology, malacology, and herpetology. …
Ferdinand Stoliczka, Moravian palaeontologist and ornithologist (born 1838)
1874
Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem was first performed in the San Marco church in Milan to commemorate the first anniversary of Al
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the modern province of Parma, to a family of moderat…
Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem was first performed in the San Marco church in Milan to commemorate the first anniversary of Al
1873
Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877, continuing until 1879 in France and in Bri…
Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression
1873
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U
Levi Strauss was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisco,…
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U
1873
Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain
Sayyid Barghash bin Said al-Busaidi, an Afro-Omani Sultan and the son of Said bin Sultan, was the second Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from 7 October 1870 to 26 March 1888.
Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain
1873
Russian forces under General von Kaufmann capture the city of Khiva from the Khanate of Khiva
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, was a military engineer and the first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan.
Russian forces under General von Kaufmann capture the city of Khiva from the Khanate of Khiva
1873
Susan B
Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to soci…
Susan B
1873
James Harcourt, English character actor (died 1951)
James Harcourt was an English character actor.
James Harcourt, English character actor (died 1951)
1873
Ellen Glasgow, American author (died 1945)
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942 for her novel In This Our Life. She published 20 novels, as well as short s…
Ellen Glasgow, American author (died 1945)
1873
The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the…
The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1873
Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States
Patrick Francis Healy was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was an influential president of Georgetown University, becoming known as its "second founder". The university's…
Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States
1873
Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (died 1967)
Sydney Francis Barnes was an English professional cricketer who is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He was right-handed and bowled at a pace that varied from me…
Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (died 1967)
1873
Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1956)
Walter John de la Mare was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his ps…
Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1956)
1873
Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (died 1962)
Howard Roger Garis was an American author, best known for a series of books that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Many of his books wer…
Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (died 1962)
1873
Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (died 1944)
Jurgis Baltrušaitis was a Lithuanian Symbolist poet and translator who wrote in Lithuanian and Russian, and was an exponent of iconology. He was the father of art historian and cri…
Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (died 1944)
1873
Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1945)
Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadsky was a Ukrainian aristocrat, military leader and statesman who served as the hetman of the Ukrainian State throughout 1918 following a coup d'état on 29 …
Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1945)