Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
Peter O'Connor was an Irish track and field athlete who set a long-standing world record for the long jump and won two Olympic medals in the 1906 Intercalated Games.
Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (died 1957)
Alexander Loyd served one term as mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1840 until 1841 for the Democratic Party.
Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (born 1805)
John Baker was an early South Australian pastoralist and politician. He was the second Premier of the colony of South Australia, succeeding Boyle Travers Finniss; however, he only …
John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (born 1813)
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a German painter, chiefly of Biblical subjects. As a young man he associated with the painters of the Nazarene movement who revived the florid Ren…
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (born 1794)
James Gordon Bennett Sr. was a British-born American businessman who was the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American news…
James Gordon Bennett, Sr
Norman Macleod was a Scottish clergyman and author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1869/70.
Norman MacLeod, Scottish minister and author (born 1812)
Élie Frédéric Forey was a Marshal of France.
Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (born 1804)
Rudecindo Alvarado was an Argentine general. He fought in the military campaigns of Manuel Belgrano, and in the Army of the Andes. He was governor of Mendoza. He left the country d…
Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (born 1792)
Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, most often referred to as N. F. S. Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. He was one of t…
N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (born 1783)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke was a Dutch liberal statesman, one of the most important Dutch politicians of the 19th century. Thorbecke is best known for heading the commission that draf…
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1798)
Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military officer, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872. A Zapotec, he was th…
Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (born 1806)
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was a German philosopher and anthropologist who was a leading figure among the Young Hegelians. He is best known for his 1841 book, The Essence of Christia…
Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (born 1804)
Charles XV and IV was King of Sweden and King of Norway, there often referred to as Charles IV, from 8 July 1859 until his death in 1872. Charles was the third Swedish monarch from…
Charles XV of Sweden (born 1826)
Vladimir Ivanovich Dal was a Russian lexicographer, speaker of many languages, Turkologist, and founding member of the Russian Geographical Society. During his lifetime, he compile…
Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (born 1801)
William Henry Seward was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States s…
William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (born 1801)
Jacques Babinet was a French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer who is best known for his contributions to optics.
Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1794)
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (born 1811)
The Battle of Orange Walk took place on 1 September 1872 when a force of Icaiche Maya led by Marcus Canul attacked the town of Orange Walk in Belize. Canul had previously been invo…
A small British force commanded by a surgeon fought off a surprise attack by the Maya on Orange Walk Town, British…
The Camp Grant massacre, on April 30, 1871, was an attack on Pinal and Aravaipa Apaches who surrendered to the United States Army at Camp Grant, Arizona, along the San Pedro River.…
The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory
The United States expedition to Korea, known in Korea as the Shinmiyangyo, or simply the Korean Expedition, was an American military action in Korea that took place predominantly o…
Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea
The Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion happened on 11 August 1871 at the Prentices Guncotton Factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk. It was blown up by two massive explosions in the factory wh…
An explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket, England, killing 28.
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), often known simply as the National Association (NA), was the first fully-professional sports league in baseball…
The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana
John Coleridge Patteson was an English Anglican bishop, missionary to the South Sea Islands, and an accomplished linguist, learning 23 of the islands' more than 1,000 languages.
Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
Since the 1870s, various pieces of colonial legislation in India during British rule were collectively called the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). Such legislations criminalised entire c…
The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".