Explore 723 historical events from 1870–1879.
The Franco-Prussian War, occasionally known as the Franco-German War, and sometimes referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between France and the North German Con…
Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
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)
The Wolseley expedition was a military force authorized by Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald to confront Louis Riel and the Métis in 1870, during the Red River Rebellion, a…
The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
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)
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…
Benjamin N
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, was a South African statesman, military officer and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as Prime Mi…
Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (died 1950)
Bernard Alexandre George Edmond de Pourtalès was a Swiss infantry captain and sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (died 1935)
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named after him. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was a…
Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
Sophia of Prussia was Queen of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and again from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922 as the wife of King Constantine I of Greece.
Sophia of Prussia (died 1932)
Édouard Louis Emmanuel Julien Le Roy was a French philosopher and mathematician.
Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1954)
Georges Dufrénoy was a French post-Impressionist painter associated with Fauvism.
Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic (died 1943)
Clara Helene Immerwahr was a German chemist. She was the first German woman to be awarded a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Breslau, and is credited with being a paci…
Clara Immerwahr, Jewish-German chemist and academic (died 1915)
Anthony George Maldon Michell FRS was an Australian mechanical engineer of the early 20th century.
Anthony Michell, English-Australian engineer (died 1959)
Julio Ruelas was a Mexican graphic artist, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Ruelas was the principal illustrator of the Revista Moderna magazine and is most associated with Mex…
Julio Ruelas, Mexican painter (died 1907)
Frank Rattray Lillie was an American zoologist and an early pioneer of the study of embryology. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lillie moved to the United States in 1891 to study…
Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (died 1947)
Joseph Carl Breil was an American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor. He was one of the earliest American composers to compose specific music for motion pictures. …
Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (died 1926)
Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1947)
Louis II was Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 to 9 May 1949.
Louis II, Prince of Monaco (died 1949)
Lambert McKenna S.J. was a Jesuit priest and writer.
Lambert McKenna, Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar (died 1956)