WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1870
Find out what all happened January to July 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)

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

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

Marshal F.S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War. (1. March 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 inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. (6. January 1870)

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

John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. (10. January 1870)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity is founded at DePauw University. (27. January 1870)