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June 22 – The U.S. Congress creates the United States Department of Justice. June 26 – Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. June 28 – Congress creates federal holidays ( New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day ), initially applicable only to federal employees.
The siege of Paris took place from 19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871 and ended in the capture of the city by forces of the various states of the North German Confederation, led by the Kingdom of Prussia. The siege was the culmination of the Franco-Prussian War, which saw the Second French Empire attempt to reassert its dominance over ...
June 9 – English novelist Charles Dickens dies at Gads Hill Place in Kent, leaving his last book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. June 21 – The Tianjin Massacre of 17 foreigners (mostly European Christian priests and nuns) and 40 Chinese people who had converted to Christianity, takes place in China when an angry mob attacks ...
28 January - Siege of Paris (1870–71) ends with the city falling to Prussian forces. 8 February - 1871 French legislative election elects the first legislature of the Third Republic ; monarchists ( Legitimists and Orleanists ) favourable to peace with the German Empire gain a large majority.
1870 in France - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Incumbents. Events. Arts and literature. Births. Deaths. January to June. July to December. Full date unknown. References. 1870 in France. Events from the year 1870 in France . Incumbents. Monarch – Napoleon III (abdicates 4 September, monarchy abolished) Events.
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.
Royals. The 1870s proved to be yet another transformational time for the United Kingdom. Wars raged on nearly every continent, while at home, Britain experienced - British Empire, British History, Victorian Era.
