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March 4 – Red River Rebellion: Thomas Scott is executed by Louis Riel 's provisional government, in modern-day Manitoba, Canada. March 5 – The first ever international Association football match, England v Scotland, takes place under the auspices of the Football Association at The Oval, London.
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Events. January–March. February 25: Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American congressman. January 1 – Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. January 3 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. January 10 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
July 15, 1870 - The last former state of the Confederacy, Georgia, is readmitted into the Union, and the Confederated States of America is officially dissolved. November 1, 1870 - The National Weather Service, known as the Weather Bureau, makes its first official meteorological forecast.
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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.
1870. The Franco-Prussian War, Bismarck's influence on the German states leads to a year long conflict in which France is defeated. There can be no doubt of Prussia's dominance over the now unified Germany, and the war has ended France's presupposed hegemony over European affairs.
What happened and who was famous in 1870? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1870.
