WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1870
Find out what all happened March to December 1870

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

The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed. (26. December 1870)

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

Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory. (6. August 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)

Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War. (27. October 1870)

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

Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory. (16. August 1870)

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

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

Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first being Hiram Revels. (12. December 1870)

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

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

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

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

Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory. (1. September 1870)

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

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

Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared. (4. September 1870)