Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet was a Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling…
George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (born 1814)
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine was a son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, and was the grandson of Queen Victoria. He was the mate…
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1870)
Karāmat ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, born as Muḥammad ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, was a nineteenth-century Indian Muslim social reformer and founder of the Taiyuni movement. He played a major role in propaga…
Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, Indian Muslim scholar, (born 1800)
Joseph Howe was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, public servant, and poet. Howe is often ranked as one of Nova Scotia's most admired politicians and his considerable skills a…
Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1804)
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, born Sri Madhusudan Dutta, was a Bengali poet and playwright. He is considered one of the pioneers of Bengali literature.
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (born 1824)
Franz Xaver Winterhalter was a German painter and lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century. His name has become a…
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (born 1805)
Viktor Aleksandrovich Hartmann or Gartman was a Russian architect and painter. He was associated with the Abramtsevo Colony, purchased and preserved beginning in 1870 by Savva Mamo…
Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (born 1834)
Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg was a Finnish priest, who worked as a chaplain in Alavieska and as a deputy pastor in Haapajärvi. He is best known as the father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the fir…
Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (born 1832)
Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie, 10th Baronet was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland, Australia from August 1867 to November 1868.
Robert Mackenzie, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (born 1811)
Friedrich Frey-Herosé was a Swiss politician.
Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1801)
Jean Chacornac was a French astronomer and discoverer of a comet and several asteroids.
Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (born 1823)
Étienne Émile Gaboriau was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction.
Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (born 1832)
Kintpuash, also known as Kientpoos, Keintpoos, or by his English name Captain Jack, was a Modoc leader from present-day northern California and southern Oregon. His name in the Mod…
Kintpuash, American tribal leader (born 1837)
Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, also known as Paul Edmund de Strzelecki and Sir Paul Strzelecki, was a Polish explorer, geologist, humanitarian, environmentalist, nobleman, scientist,…
Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (born 1797)
George Ormerod was an English antiquary and historian. Among his writings was a major county history of Cheshire, in North West England.
George Ormerod, English historian and author (born 1785)
Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven was a Norwegian writer, poet, critic, and art theorist. He has been considered "one of the greatest figures in Norwegian literature."
Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (born 1807)
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the…
The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and ord
Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish…
The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened to traffic.
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877, continuing until 1879 in the French Third …
Panic of 1873: The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declared bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures.
Renton Football Club was a football club based in Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Formed in 1872, it was a prominent team in the early history of Scottish football, and was …
Renton defeated Kilmarnock 2–0 in the opening match of the inaugural Scottish Cup.
A trade union or labor union, often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as…
Trade unions are legalized in Canada
Alice Salomon was a German social reformer and pioneer of social work as an academic discipline. Her role was so important to German social work that the Deutsche Bundespost issued…
Alice Salomon, German social reformer (died 1948)
Margaret of Prussia was the youngest child of Frederick III, German Emperor, and Victoria, Princess Royal. She was also the younger sister of Emperor Wilhelm II and the granddaught…
Princess Margaret of Prussia (died 1954)
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 1872 election. …
Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States