Explore 723 historical events from 1870–1879.
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, is the first of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. It premiered as a single opera at the National Th…
A performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold opens the first Ring cycle at the first Bayreuth Festival.
Robert Bárány was an Austrian-born otologist. He received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus.
Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
An express train is a type of passenger train that makes few or no stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, providing faster service than loca…
An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco via the first transcontinental railroad, 8
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: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back G
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: Battle of the Little Bighorn: 300 men of the U
The Principality of Serbia was an autonomous, later sovereign state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution. Its creation was negotiated first…
Serbia declares war on the Ottoman Empire, leading to the Serbian Wars for Independence
Georg Lurich was an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century. Lurich was also the trainer of Estonian wrestlers and weightlifters Georg Hackenschmidt a…
Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman (died 1920)
Arthur Wilhelm Ernst Victor Moeller van den Bruck was a German cultural historian, philosopher, and key intellectual figure of the Conservative Revolution.
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (died 1925)
Erich Johann Albert Raeder was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II and was convicted of war crimes after the war. He attained the highest …
Erich Raeder, German admiral (died 1960)
The Hamburg massacre was a riot in the United States town of Hamburg, South Carolina, in July 1876, leading up to the last election season of the Reconstruction era. It was the fir…
The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six…
Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing th…
Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas.…
Richard Wagner's Siegfried, the penultimate opera in his Ring cycle, is premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas.…
Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the last opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
Jacob Nicol, was a Canadian lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. He became Senator under Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (died 1958)
Ferdinand Ernst Felle was a German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German boat Ludwigshafener Ruderverein, which won the bronze medal in the coxe…
Ernst Felle, German rower (died 1959)
Nicola Romeo was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur mostly known for founding the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo. He served as a senator in the 18th Legislature of the Kingdom of It…
Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman (died 1938)
Orso Mario Corbino was an Italian physicist and politician. He is noted for his studies of the influence of external magnetic fields on the motion of electrons in metals and he dis…
Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (died 1937)
Ludvig Karsten was a Norwegian painter. He was a neo-impressionist influenced by Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and contemporary French painting. He first participated at the Autumn e…
Ludvig Karsten, Norwegian painter (died 1926)
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner …
Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (died 1918)
Hermann Müller was a German Social Democratic politician who served as foreign minister (1919–1920) and was twice chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (died 1931)
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)
Julius Klinger was an Austrian painter, draftsman, illustrator, commercial graphic artist, typographer and writer. Klinger studied at the Technologisches Gewerbemuseum HTL in Vienn…
Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1942)
Percival Albert Perrin, known as either "Percy" or "Peter", was an English cricketer, who played for Essex as a right-handed middle-order batsman for more than thirty years from 18…
Percy Perrin, English cricketer (died 1945)
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anticommunist political activist. He is known for his books about Lenin and the Russian Civil …
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (died 1945)