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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.
August 17 – First documented climb to summit of Mount Rainier by Medal of Honor winner General Hazard Stevens with P. B. Van Trump. September 6 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a general election vote legally since 1807.
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The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, [b] often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871, the conflict was caused primarily by France's determination to reassert its dominant ...
- France and the Rhine Province, Prussia
- German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine
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The German Commerzbank is founded in Hamburg. February 27 – The Nisshoki 'circle of the sun' flag of Japan is adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships, by proclamation of the Daijō-kan. February 28 – The Bulgarian Exarchate is established, by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
Beginning. Events. World leaders. 1870s. The 1870s was the decade that began on January 1, 1870 and ended on December 31, 1879. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''188st decade''' which began on January 1, 1871 and ended on December 31, 1880. Events. The invention of the telephone ( 1876) by Alexander Graham Bell.
1870s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a gradual return to a narrow silhouette after the full-skirted fashions of the 1850s and 1860s . Women's fashions. Overview. Dress of the later 1870s. Countess Brownlow in artistic dress, 1879. [1]
