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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.
February 25 – 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. In New York City, the first pneumatic subway is opened. Wyatt Outlaw, the first African American town commissioner in Graham, North Carolina, is lynched by mob of Ku ...
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1870 ( MDCCCLXX) 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.
Categories: 1870s by country. 19th century in the United States. 1870s in North America. Decades in the United States. Hidden categories: Commons category link from Wikidata. Category series navigation decade and century.
Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s – 1870s – 1880s 1890s 1900s. Years: 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879. Categories: Births – Deaths – Architecture. Establishments – Disestablishments. The 1870s was the decade that began on January 1, 1870 and ended on December 31, 1879.
George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang, encompassing Penang Island and surrounding islets. With a population of 794,313 as of the 2020 census, it is the core city of Malaysia's second-largest metropolitan area, which has a population of 2.84 million. George Town serves as the commercial centre for northern Malaysia.
9 August. Elementary Education Act 1870 ( 33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) drafted by William Edward Forster MP encourages elementary education by creating a system of secular school boards in England and Wales at whose schools attendance may be compulsory. [4] [7] Women are eligible to stand and vote for local school boards where created.
