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| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1867 1868 1869 - 1870 - 1871 1872 1873
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1850s 1860s - 1870s ''' - 1880s 1890s 1900s
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| align="center" | - 19th Century ''' - 20th Century
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1870 (''' MDCCCLXX ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar or a Common Year Starting On Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian Calendar .
Events
April
May
September
- December - Assassination of Juan Prim , Prime minister of Spain
Births
- January 2 - Ernst Barlach , German sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (d. 1938 )
- January 6 - Gustav Bauer , Chancellor Of Germany (d. 1944 )
- January 8 - Miguel Primo De Rivera , dictator of Spain (d. 1930 )
- February 7 - Alfred Adler , Austrian psychologist (d. 1937 )
- March 4 - Thomas Sturge Moore , English poet, author and artist (d. 1944 )
- March 5 - Frank Norris , American writer (d. 1902 )
- March 17 - Horace Donisthorpe , English entomologist (d. 1951 )
- March 20 - Paul Erich Von Lettow-Vorbeck , German general (d. 1964 )
- April 22 - Vladimir Lenin , Russian revolutionary, first leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1924 )
- April 30 - Franz Lehár , Austrian composer (d. 1948 )
- May 19 - Albert Fish , American serial killer (d. 1936 )
- June 13 - Jules Bordet , Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1961 )
- July 3 - Richard Bedford Bennett , eleventh Prime Minister Of Canada (d. 1947 )
- July 12 - Louis II Of Monaco (d. 1949 )
- July 29 - George Dixon , Canadian boxer (d. 1909 )
- August 11 - Tom Richardson , English cricketer (d. 1912 )
- August 31 - Maria Montessori , Italian educator (d. 1952 )
- September 25 - James A. Hawken , Schoolteacher (d. 1964 )
- September 26 - King Christian X Of Denmark (d. 1947 )
- September 30 - Jean Baptiste Perrin , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942 )
- October 10 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin , Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953 )
- November 21 - Sigfrid Edström , Swedish sports official (d. 1964 )
- November 27 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi , Prime Minister and President Of Finland (d. 1956 )
- December 5 - Vítězslav Novák , Czech composer (d. 1949 )
- December 12 - Walter Benona Sharp , American oil pioneer (d. 1912 )
- December 18 - Saki , English writer (d. 1918 )
Deaths
- January 29 - Leopold II, Grand Duke Of Tuscany (b. 1797 )
- February 7 - Sylvain Salnave a Hatian president
- February 19 - Nathaniel De Rothschild , French wine grower (b. 1812 )
- March 28 - George Henry Thomas , American general (b. 1816 )
- May 6 - Sir James Young Simpson , Scottish physician and researcher (b. 1811 )
- June 9 - Charles Dickens , British novelist (b. 1812 )
- June 24 - Adam Lindsay Gordon , Australian poet (b. 1833 )
- July 20 - Jules Alfred Huot De Goncourt , French writer and publisher (b. 1822 )
- September 12 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow , American author and explorer (b. 1836 )
- September 23 - Prosper Mérimée , French writer (b. 1803 )
- October 12 - Robert E. Lee , American Confederate general (b. 1807 )
- November 24 - Comte De Lautreamont , French poet and writer (b. 1846 )
- November 28 - Frédéric Bazille , French painter (b. 1841 )
- December 5 - Alexandre Dumas, Père , French author (b. 1802 )
- December 27 - General Prim , Spanish dictator (b. 1814 )
Unknown dates
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