1870

Year 1870 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * First edition of newspaper published.
 * Plans for the are completed.
 * - Construction of the begins.
 * - The inauguration of the.
 * - incorporates.
 * - A political for the first time symbolizes the  with a  ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by  for ).
 * - : rejoins the.
 * - First college, , is established at.
 * February - in sentenced for two years in prison for multiple  in.
 * - in, ,  is founded.
 * - It is revealed that the famed was just carved  and not the petrified remains of a.
 * - The to the  is passed.
 * is incorporated.
 * The is founded in.
 * - Women gain the in  Territory.
 * - Military control of ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
 * -, a from , is sworn into the , becoming the first  ever to sit in the.
 * - In New York City, the first - is opened.
 * - The is established by decree of Sultan  of the.
 * - ' last troops cornered by troops at . López refuses to surrender and is killed. Fighting ends in  - the  is over.
 * - is executed by 's provisional government during the  in modern day.
 * - Ohio Legislature passes the Cannon Act, thereby establishing the Ohio Agriculture and Mechanical College, later.
 * - is established and officially opens.
 * The is entered into the, giving blacks the right to vote.
 * is readmitted to the Union following.
 * - the first African-American to vote in an election.
 * The is entered into the, giving blacks the right to vote.
 * is readmitted to the Union following.
 * - the first African-American to vote in an election.

April - June

 * - The province of  is created in response to 's.
 * - First match to be played in, between the Nelson Football Club and.
 * - The play their first match of  at Buck's Flat, Glanville,.
 * - The author and actor dies after suffering from a stroke.  The inscription on his tomb reads:  "He was a sympathiser to the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world."
 * - The creates the.
 * is declared a federal holiday in the.
 * opera is first performed at.
 * opera is first performed at.

July - September

 * - The  serves as a reason for a between  and.
 * - : becomes the last former  state to be readmitted to the, and the CSA is dissoluted.
 * - is born, Irish scholar.
 * - : declares war on.
 * - The , a failed rising against  of.
 * - The ends with the arrival of the  and the fleeing of.
 * - : - n forces defeat the  armies and take emperor  and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner at.
 * - Emperor is deposed and the  is declared.  flees to England with her children.
 * - Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally since 1807.
 * - With  soldiers entering at, the  is completed. End of the last remnant of the.

October - December

 * - in  supports joining the  with 133681 against 1500. Decision is made official .  becomes the capital of.
 * - escapes the besieged  in a.
 * - In the, the newly-created Weather Bureau (later renamed the ) makes its first official forecast: "High winds at Chicago and Milwaukee... and along the Lakes".
 * -  proclaims Amadeo de Saboya as King.
 * - Assassination of, Prime minister of.

January - June

 * -, German sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, dictator of Spain (d. )
 * -, American sculptor (d. )
 * -, Austrian psychologist (d. )
 * -, English poet, author and artist (d. )
 * -, Polish-born German political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American Physician (d. )
 * -, English entomologist (d. )
 * -, German general (d. )
 * -, 27th (d. )
 * -, president of (d. )
 * -, Russian revolutionary and first of the  (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, English Golf Professional (d. )
 * -, American serial killer (d. )
 * -, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, recipient of the (d. )

July - December

 * -, eleventh (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, American illustrator (d. )
 * -, Canadian boxer (d. )
 * -, Younger sister of author  (d. , )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, Italian educator (d. )
 * -, Schoolteacher (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, French physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Russian writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, Swedish sports official (d. )
 * -, and  (d. )
 * -, Czech composer (d. )
 * -, pretender to the French imperial throne (d. )
 * -, American oil pioneer (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * - (b. )
 * - a Hatian president (b. )
 * -, French wine grower (b. )
 * - of  (b. ?)
 * -, American general (b. )
 * -, Scottish physician and researcher (b. )
 * -, British novelist (b. )
 * -, Australian poet (b. )

July - December

 * -, French writer and publisher (b. )
 * -, American author and explorer (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, American Confederate general (b. )
 * -, French poet and writer (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, French author (b. )
 * -, Spanish dictator (b. )
 * date unknown -, Northern Irish sculptor (b. )


 * See also .