1870 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1870?
- January 26, 1870 – American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
- January 27, 1870 – The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity is founded at DePauw University.
- February 3, 1870 – The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race.
- February 10, 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
- February 25, 1870 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.
- February 27, 1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
- June 19, 1870 – After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States, the Confederate States of America ceases to exist.
- June 26, 1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
- July 1, 1870 – The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
- July 15, 1870 – Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established from these vast territories.
- August 5, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
- August 6, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
- August 8, 1870 – The Republic of Ploieşti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
- September 1, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
- September 2, 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan – Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
- September 6, 1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
- September 19, 1870 – Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
- October 27, 1870 – Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
- November 1, 1870 – In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
- December 12, 1870 – Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first one being Hiram Revels.
Are you looking for a day of the week calculator? Try it on any date like anniversaries, birthday of someone you know, or any other date that is special to you. You can even try it on historical dates. For example: December 25, 1870
(Sponsored by DayOfTheWeek.org)
Share or Link to This Page: