WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1870
Find out what all happened April to August 1870

Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory. (6. August 1870)

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

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

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

Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom. (2. August 1870)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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