1870
year
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. As of the start of 1870, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
January
January 1
The first edition of The Northern Echo newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
January 3 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins in New York City.
January 6 – The Musikverein, Vienna, is inaugurated in Austria-Hungary.
January 10 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
January 15 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
January 23 – Marias Massacre: U.S. soldiers attack a peaceful camp of Piegan Blackfeet Indians, led by chief Heavy Runner.
January 26 – Reconstruction Era (United States): Virginia rejoins the Union.
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