Explore 369 historical events from 1870–1879.
Frank Schlesinger was an American astronomer. His work concentrated on using photographic plates rather than direct visual studies for astronomical research.
Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author (died 1943)
Denis Horgan was a champion Irish athlete and weight thrower, born in Banteer, County Cork, who competed mainly in the shot put.
Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower (died 1922)
Emmett Dalton was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Part of a gang that attempted to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, on…
Emmett Dalton, American criminal (died 1937)
Walter Bowman Russell was an American impressionist painter, sculptor, property developer, and author. Russell wrote extensively on topics relating to science, but his ideas did no…
Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (died 1963)
Georges-Henri Rouault was a French painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism.
Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (died 1958)
Clark Greenwood Voorhees was an American Impressionist and Tonalist landscape painter and one of the founders of the Old Lyme Art Colony.
Clark Voorhees, American painter (died 1933)
Stjepan Radić was a Croat politician and the co-founder of the Croatian People's Peasant Party (HPSS), active in Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Stjepan Radić, Croatian lawyer and politician (died 1928)
Hermanus Gerardus "Herman" Brockmann was a Dutch coxswain who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (died 1936)
Jacob Christian Hansen-Ellehammer was a Danish inventor and aviation pioneer. He obtained a total of 59 Danish patents and worked with many different things, including amusement ma…
Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer (died 1946)
James Weldon Johnson was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association …
James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist (died 1938)
Alajos János Szokolyi was a Hungarian athlete, sports organizer, sports manager, archivist and physician.
Alajos Szokolyi, Hungarian hurdler, jumper, and physician (died 1932)
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)
Anna Atkins was an English botanist and photographer. She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources say that she was…
Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer (born 1799)
The Manitoba Act, 1870 is an act of the Parliament of Canada, and part of the Constitution of Canada, that provided for the admission of Manitoba as the fifth province of Canada.
The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15
Rugby football is a type of football, a team sport which developed in the nineteenth century in England, and which later split into the modern sports of rugby union and rugby leagu…
The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club
Edwin Stanton Porter was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Play…
Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1941)
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1…
Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (died 1924)
Franz Lehár was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow.
Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (died 1948)
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was an Indian producer, director and screenwriter, widely regarded as "the Father of Indian cinema".
Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1944)
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, informally known by her family as Thora, was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. From July 1917, she was addres…
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1948)
Walter Mathers Rutherford was a Scottish golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (died 1936)
Henry William Vardon was a professional golfer from Jersey. He was a member of the Great Triumvirate with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. Vardon won The Open Championship a reco…
Harry Vardon, British golfer (died 1937)
Major General Sir Newton James Moore, was an Australian politician, businessman and army officer. He served as the eighth Premier of Western Australia from 1906 to 1910 and, follow…
Newton Moore, Australian politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (died 1936)
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the New York Court of Appeals from 1914 to 1932 and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Unit…
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