WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1870
Find out what all happened February to July 1870

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race. (3. February 1870)

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

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

The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15. (12. May 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)

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

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

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

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

The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships. (27. February 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 first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club. (14. May 1870)

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

The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded. (13. April 1870)

US Congress created the United States Department of Justice (22. June 1870)

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

Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. (25. February 1870)

The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence. (1. July 1870)

The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. (26. June 1870)