Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada was a vice-admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President (Provisional) (1826).
Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (born 1790)
Braxton Bragg was an American military officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War. He later served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, seeing a…
Braxton Bragg, American general (born 1817)
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville was a geologist and meteorologist.
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (born 1814)
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, is the last of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspi…
The premiere of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner (pictured) closed the first Bayreuth Festival.
Francis Preston Blair Sr. was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and influential figure in national politics advising various U.S. presidents across party lines. He was an e…
Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (born 1791)
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 was admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
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 (scene pictured) opened the first Ring cycle at the first Bayreuth Festival,…
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 Das Rheingold (scene pictured) opened the first performance of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle at the…
Murad V was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the conversion of the government to a constitutional monarchy. His…
Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.* 1888 – The…
Texas A&M University is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&…
Texas A&M University opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state.
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 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…
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…
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…
Polo is a stick and ball game that is played on horseback as a traditional field sport, and is one of the oldest known team sports in the world.
The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
The Cobblers on the Heath is a play by Aleksis Kivi, considered one of the greatest Finnish writers. The play was originally written in 1864. However, the play's official premiere …
The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi premieres in Oulu, Finland.
Ellen Southard was an American full-rigged merchant ship from Bath, Maine, that was built in 1863 by prominent shipbuilder T.J. Southard. She plied international trade routes for t…
The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship universi…
Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote s…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23 premieres in Boston, Massachusetts, with Benjamin…
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)