WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1870
Find out what all happened January to August 1870

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

American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union. (26. January 1870)

The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. (6. January 1870)

Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia. (19. July 1870)

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

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

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

The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships. (27. February 1870)

The YWCA is founded in New York City. (10. February 1870)

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

The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity is founded at DePauw University. (27. January 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)

John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. (10. January 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 Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race. (3. February 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)

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

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

The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion. (24. August 1870)