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| Born : | 08/07/1870 | 19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born) |
| Born : | 12/10/1870 | Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses) |
| Born : | 02/07/1870 | Alfred Adler, Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex) |
| Born : | 05/06/1870 | Amedos Peter Giannine, San Jose Calif, founded Bank of America |
| Born : | 08/19/1870 | Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War) |
| Born : | 09/26/1870 | Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47) |
| Born : | 09/18/1870 | Clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian) |
| Born : | 12/14/1870 | Dirk J de Geer, premier (1926-29, 39-40) |
| Born : | 09/28/1870 | Florent Schmitt, Blmont France, composer (Frdgonde, Salom) |
| Born : | 04/30/1870 | Franz Lehar, operetta composer (Naughty Marietta) |
| Born : | 07/24/1870 | Fred Law Olmsted Jr, architect/landscaper |
| Born : | 08/17/1870 | Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine |
| Born : | 04/04/1870 | George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church |
| Born : | 06/17/1870 | George Cormack, created "Wheaties" cereal |
| Born : | 09/24/1870 | Georges Claude, inventor (neon light) |
| Born : | 04/07/1870 | Gustav Landauer, German socialist |
| Born : | 08/04/1870 | Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roman in the Gloamin) |
| Born : | 10/16/1870 | Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist |
| Born : | 07/28/1870 | Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1927-31) |
| Born : | 01/03/1870 | Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney) |
| Born : | 10/22/1870 | Ivan Bunin, Russia, poet/novelist (Gentleman from SF-Nobel 1933) |
| Born : | 05/24/1870 | Jan C Smuts, philosopher/general/premier South-Africa (1919...48) |
| Born : | 05/24/1870 | Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth & League of Nations |
| Born : | 09/30/1870 | Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926) |
| Born : | 07/25/1870 | John D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, vicar (Young Flanders) |
| Born : | 09/23/1870 | John Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist |
| Born : | 05/06/1870 | John McClutcheon, cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931) |
| Born : | 01/09/1870 | Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge) |
| Born : | 07/27/1870 | Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome) |
| Born : | 04/07/1870 | Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron |
| Born : | 11/27/1870 | Juho Kusti Paasikivi, president Finland |
| Born : | 06/03/1870 | Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (syphillis, Nobel 1919) |
| Born : | 12/14/1870 | Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president (1918-20, 45-50) |
| Born : | 02/13/1870 | Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer |
| Born : | 02/17/1870 | Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemmish People's Party) |
| Born : | 08/31/1870 | Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response) |
| Born : | 07/08/1870 | Marie C of Zeggelen, author/novelist/writer (Koloniaaltje) |
| Born : | 01/08/1870 | Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30) |
| Born : | 04/22/1870 | Nikolai Lenin, [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist |
| Born : | 03/06/1870 | Oscar Straus, Wien (Vienna) Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum) |
| Born : | 12/10/1870 | Pierre Lous, France, novelist/poet (Aphrodite, Woman & Puppet) |
| Born : | 02/20/1870 | Pieter C Boutens, poet (Beatrix) |
| Born : | 12/20/1870 | Pieter C Boutens, poet (Rekenschap voor Sir Herbert Grierson) |
| Born : | 02/20/1870 | Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) |
| Born : | 10/01/1870 | Pieter D, of Essen, artillery officer |
| Born : | 07/04/1870 | Pieter Van de Line, geologist (Dutch boulders) |
| Born : | 04/17/1870 | Ray Stannard Baker, US, journalist (Puliter Prize 1940) |
| Born : | 07/03/1870 | Richard B Bennett, (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35) |
| Born : | 12/18/1870 | Saki (Hector Hugo Munro), Burma, author (Reginald, When William Came) |
| Born : | 12/31/1870 | Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years |
| Born : | 10/07/1870 | Uncle Dave Macon, entertainer |
| Born : | 01/16/1870 | Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van olin) |
| Born : | 12/06/1870 | William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds) |
| Born : | 03/05/1870 | [B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus) |
| Died : | 04/16/1870 | Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies |
| Died : | 06/09/1870 | Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies |
| Died : | 04/08/1870 | Charles-Auguste the Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies |
| Died : | 08/14/1870 | David (James) Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies |
| Died : | 03/01/1870 | Francisco S Ląpez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43 |
| Died : | 09/27/1870 | Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50 |
| Died : | 07/21/1870 | Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamiden), dies at 42 |
| Died : | 11/21/1870 | Karel J Erben, Czech poet (Ruiker), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 04/01/1870 | Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 |
| Died : | 10/12/1870 | Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 |
| Died : | 07/20/1870 | Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian lawyer/min of justice (1918-19), dies |
| Died : | 02/26/1870 | Wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched |
| Interest: | 05/24/1870 | [Ang] Commemoration of Jackson Kemper, 1st missionary bishop in US |
| Interest: | 10/24/1870 | [RC] Memorial of Antony Mary Claret, bishop (opt) |
| Special : | 01/20/1870 | "City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard |
| Special : | 02/03/1870 | 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed |
| Special : | 03/30/1870 | 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race |
| Special : | 01/23/1870 | 173 Blackfoot (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army |
| Special : | 10/19/1870 | 1st (4) blacks elected to House of Reps |
| Special : | 02/26/1870 | 1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered) |
| Special : | 08/17/1870 | 1st ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington |
| Special : | 02/05/1870 | 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia |
| Special : | 06/26/1870 | 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens |
| Special : | 01/27/1870 | 1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana) |
| Special : | 07/24/1870 | 1st trans-US rail service begins |
| Special : | 06/11/1870 | 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam |
| Special : | 09/04/1870 | 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king |
| Special : | 04/19/1870 | A Borrelly discovers asteroid #110 Lydia |
| Special : | 06/30/1870 | Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate |
| Special : | 01/27/1870 | After accepting the 15th amendment, VA is readmitted to Union |
| Special : | 06/14/1870 | All-pro Cincinnati Red Stockings suffer 1st loss in 130 games |
| Special : | 04/09/1870 | American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves |
| Special : | 01/03/1870 | Brooklyn Bridge begun; completed May 24, 1883 |
| Special : | 01/02/1870 | Building Brooklyn Bridge begins |
| Special : | 08/14/1870 | C H F Peters discovers asteroid #111 Ate |
| Special : | 09/19/1870 | C H F Peters discovers asteroid #112 Iphigenia |
| Special : | 03/14/1870 | Calif legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible |
| Special : | 02/02/1870 | Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum |
| Special : | 03/07/1870 | Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East |
| Special : | 02/10/1870 | City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time) |
| Special : | 11/29/1870 | Compulsory education proclaimed in England |
| Special : | 07/08/1870 | Congress authorizes registration of trademarks |
| Special : | 06/22/1870 | Congress creates Department of Justice |
| Special : | 05/31/1870 | Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) |
| Special : | 06/05/1870 | Constantinople in fire; 900 die |
| Special : | 11/08/1870 | Democratic governor elected in Tennessee |
| Special : | 01/15/1870 | Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly |
| Special : | 07/23/1870 | Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugnie as Regent of France |
| Special : | 07/19/1870 | France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins |
| Special : | 08/16/1870 | Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion |
| Special : | 07/15/1870 | Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US |
| Special : | 01/10/1870 | Georgia legislature reconvenes |
| Special : | 04/04/1870 | Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800 |
| Special : | 07/08/1870 | Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection |
| Special : | 02/09/1870 | Grant signs bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service |
| Special : | 02/15/1870 | Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn |
| Special : | 01/20/1870 | Hiram R Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis |
| Special : | 02/25/1870 | Hiram Revels, Ms, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen) |
| Special : | 07/15/1870 | Hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada |
| Special : | 05/25/1870 | Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Qubec |
| Special : | 10/02/1870 | Italy annexes Rome & Papal States; Rome made Italian capital |
| Special : | 12/31/1870 | J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) |
| Special : | 07/01/1870 | James W Smith of SC is 1st black to enter West Point |
| Special : | 01/10/1870 | John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil |
| Special : | 12/06/1870 | Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC) |
| Special : | 12/12/1870 | Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps |
| Special : | 12/22/1870 | Jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse |
| Special : | 08/08/1870 | Magic (US) defeats Cambria (Engld) in 2nd running of America's Cup |
| Special : | 01/27/1870 | Manitoba & Northwest Territories incorporated |
| Special : | 07/15/1870 | Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created |
| Special : | 05/12/1870 | Manitoba becomes a province of Canada |
| Special : | 02/02/1870 | Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, NY |
| Special : | 09/20/1870 | Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing NY treasury |
| Special : | 05/24/1870 | Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US |
| Special : | 02/17/1870 | Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to US after Civil War |
| Special : | 02/23/1870 | Mississippi is readmitted to US |
| Special : | 08/17/1870 | Mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming) |
| Special : | 11/27/1870 | NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game" |
| Special : | 09/01/1870 | Napoleon III captured at Sedan |
| Special : | 09/02/1870 | Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies |
| Special : | 06/25/1870 | Opera "Die Walkre" is produced (Munich) |
| Special : | 10/25/1870 | Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore |
| Special : | 07/18/1870 | Pontifical infalliability proclaimed |
| Special : | 10/25/1870 | Postcards 1st used in US |
| Special : | 09/19/1870 | Seige of Paris begins |
| Special : | 09/06/1870 | Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die |
| Special : | 11/16/1870 | Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I |
| Special : | 07/30/1870 | Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100 |
| Special : | 03/30/1870 | Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union |
| Special : | 03/19/1870 | The opera "Guarany" is produced (Milan) |
| Special : | 03/31/1870 | Thomas P Mundy became 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ) |
| Special : | 08/15/1870 | Transcontinental Railway actually completed |
| Special : | 02/09/1870 | US Army establishes US National Weather Service |
| Special : | 11/01/1870 | US Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations) |
| Special : | 01/08/1870 | US mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins |
| Special : | 04/16/1870 | Vaudeville Theatre Strand opens in London |
| Special : | 01/16/1870 | Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War |
| Special : | 01/26/1870 | Virginia rejoins the US |
| Special : | 06/26/1870 | Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premiers in Munich |
| Special : | 06/09/1870 | Washington: Pres Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud |
| Special : | 08/06/1870 | White conservatives suppresed black vote & captured Tenn legislature |
| Special : | 02/10/1870 | YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) founded (NYC) |
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