Explore 723 historical events from 1870–1879.
Aristides was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875.
Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37
The Metre Convention, also known as the Treaty of the Metre, is an international treaty that was signed in Paris on 20 May 1875 by representatives of 17 nations: Argentina, Austria…
Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units
The Herzegovina uprising was an uprising led by the Christian Serb population against the Ottoman Empire, firstly and predominantly in Herzegovina, from where it spread into Bosnia…
The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins
The Herzegovina uprising was an uprising led by the Christian Serb population against the Ottoman Empire, firstly and predominantly in Herzegovina, from where it spread into Bosnia…
The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications…
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire was signed on 7 May 1875, and its ratifications exchanged at Tokyo on 22 August 1875. The treaty i…
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the…
Captain Matthew Webb was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. Webb increased the popu…
Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to…
Aleksander Tõnisson VR I/1 was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence.
Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (died 1941)
Vladimir Vidrić was a Croatian poet, and is considered one of the major figures of Croatian secessionist poetry.
Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet and lawyer (died 1909)
Frederick Luther Fane, played cricket for the England cricket team in 14 Test matches. He also played for Essex, Oxford University and London County.
Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer (died 1960)
Rafael Sabatini was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels.
Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (died 1950)
David Connolly Hall was an American track athlete, track and basketball coach, and university professor. He served as the head basketball coach at University of Oklahoma from 1907 …
Dave Hall, American runner (died 1972)
William Welles Hoyt was an American track and field athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter (died 1951)
Harriet Quimby was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1…
Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (died 1912)
Charles Henry Holden was an English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, the Underground Electric Railways Company of Lon…
Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (died 1960)
Hendrik Karel Offerhaus was a Dutch medical doctor and rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch boat Minerva Amsterdam, which finished third in the …
Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch Olympic rower and head of the Dutch Red Cross (died 1953)
Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a longtime president, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors …
Alfred P
Robert S. Garrett was an American athlete, as well as investment banker and philanthropist in Baltimore, Maryland and financier of several important archeological excavations. Garr…
Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1961)
A cricket match was played as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics, which took place on 19–20 August at the Vélodrome de Vincennes between teams representing Great Britain and France.
Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (died 1942)
Jorge Alejandro Newbery Malagarie was an Argentine aviator, civil servant, engineer and scientist. He died in an airplane crash on 1 March 1914, at the age of 38.
Jorge Newbery, Argentine aviator (died 1914)
Giovanni Gentile was an Italian pedagogue, philosopher, and politician.
Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic (died 1944)
Rosa May Billinghurst was a British suffragette and women's rights activist. She was known popularly as the "cripple suffragette" as she campaigned in a tricycle.
Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (died 1953)
Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and businessman, philanthropist, a co-owner of General Motors, and the 50th and 55th mayor of Flint, Michigan.
Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan (died 1973)
Sir Henry Hallett Dale was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he s…
Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
Paul Neumann was an Austrian swimmer and physician, who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and became the first ever Austrian gold medalist.
Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and medical doctor (died 1932)