WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1870
Find out what all happened February to March 1870

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

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

President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau. (9. 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 Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire. (28. February 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)

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

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

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