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1870 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1870th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 870th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1870, the ...
The 1870s (pronounced "eighteen-seventies") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1870, and ended on December 31, 1879. The trends of the previous decade continued into this one, as new empires, imperialism and militarism rose in Europe and Asia.
After a long illness, U.S. Army Captain John Barry is forced into retirement. While stationed at Fort Ord, Barry attempts to improve relations between the United States and the Apaches, as well as encourages the enlistment of scouts to combat renegade Apaches. [140] Feb 16: John Younger kills Captain S.W. Nichols in a gunfight in Dallas, Texas ...
July 13 – Daniel Sheldon Norton, U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1865 to 1870 (born 1829) June 27 – Cyrus Kingsbury, Congregationalist missionary to Cherokee and Choctaw tribes (died in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory) August 14 – David Farragut, flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War (born 1801)
Missouri claimed an area north of its border with Iowa Territory, initiating the long dispute known as the Honey War. [169] May 21, 1840 Surveying conducted along the border with Texas concluded that the area claimed by Arkansas for Miller County belonged to Texas. [170] November 10, 1842
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [3]
1870 The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents states from denying the right to vote on grounds of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era began soon after.
Human history in California began when indigenous Americans first arrived some 13,000 years ago. ... Between 1849 and 1870 it is ... During the decade-long depression ...