WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1870
Find out what all happened January to October 1870

Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. (30. March 1870)

Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. (3. January 1870)

Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought. (18. August 1870)

Marshal F.S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War. (1. March 1870)

In the United States, post-Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. (23. February 1870)

President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau. (9. February 1870)

The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania. (8. August 1870)

In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre. (23. January 1870)

Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory. (6. August 1870)

Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories. (15. July 1870)

Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union. (15. July 1870)

The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility. (18. July 1870)

The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club. (14. May 1870)

Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan – Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner. (2. September 1870)

Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone. (18. September 1870)

The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire. (28. February 1870)

Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory. (19. September 1870)

Adolf Loos, architect, co-founder of modern architecture, baptized in St. Thomas church, Brno, Moravia (1. January 1870)

Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia and complete the unification of Italy. (20. September 1870)

Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory. (23. October 1870)