Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
George Edward "Rube" Waddell was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-hander, he played for 13 years, with the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Ch…
Rube Waddell, American baseball player (died 1914)
James Hugh Sinclair was a South African cricketer who played in 25 Test matches from 1896 to 1911. He scored South Africa's first three Test centuries and was the first person from…
Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1913)
Hippolyte Aucouturier was a French professional road bicycle racer. Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won th…
Hippolyte Aucouturier, French road cyclist (died 1944)
Louis Rudolph Franz Schlegelberger was State Secretary in the German Reich Ministry of Justice (RMJ) who served as Justice Minister during the Third Reich. He was the highest-rank…
Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice (died 1970)
Henry Byron Warner was an English film and theatre actor. He was popular during the silent era and played Jesus Christ in The King of Kings. In later years, he successfully moved i…
H.B. Warner, English actor (died 1958)
William Buell Sprague was an American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of Annals of the American Pulpit, a comprehensive biographical dictionary of the leadin…
William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (born 1795)
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown, nicknamed "Three Finger Brown" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and manager during the first two decades of the 20th centu…
Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1945)
Mihkel Pung was an Estonian politician and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia and Speaker of the National Council from 21 April 1938 to 5 July 1940. Pung was Minister …
Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1941)
Saya San, born with the name Yar Kyaw, was a Burmese physician and monk who led the Saya San Rebellion (1930–1932) against British colonial rule in Burma. Saya San launched a peasa…
Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (died 1931)
Georgi Benkovski was the pseudonym of Gavril Gruev Hlatev, a Bulgarian revolutionary and leading figure in the organization and direction of the Bulgarian anti-Ottoman April Uprisi…
Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (born 1843)
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, was a Dutch politician and historian.
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (born 1801)
Hristo Botev, born Hristo Botyov Petkov, was a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet. Botev is considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero. His poetry …
Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (born 1848)
Abdulaziz was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup. He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his bro…
Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1830)
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or H…
George Sand, French author and playwright (born 1804)
James Calhoun was a soldier in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War. He was the brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer and was killed alo…
James Calhoun, American lieutenant (born 1845)
Boston Custer was the youngest brother of U.S. Army Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and two-time Medal of Honor recipient Captain Thomas Custer. He was killed at the Battle of …
Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (born 1848)
George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
George Armstrong Custer, American general (born 1839)
John Neal was an American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist. Considered both eccentric and influential, he delivered speeches and published essays, novels, poems, and …
John Neal, American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (born 1793)
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, often known as Santa Anna, was a Mexican general, politician, and caudillo who served as the eighth president…
Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (born 1794)
Thomas Ward Custer was a United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War. A younger brother of George Armstrong Cu…
Thomas Custer, American officer, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1845)
Myles Walter Keogh was an Irish soldier. He served in the armies of the Papal States during the war for Italian unification in 1860, and was recruited into the Union Army during th…
Myles Keogh, Irish-American officer (born 1840)
Major John Buckley VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross. He was the 115th recipient of the award and the first of 182 awarded during the Indian Mutiny.
John Buckley, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1813)
Albertus Christiaan van Raalte was a Dutch Reformed clergyman who moved to the United States with a group of Dutch emigrants and founded the city of Holland, Michigan, in 1846. In …
Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (born 1811)
James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gu…
"Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (born 1837)