Reference to them is made according to the organization of Immanuel Bekker's Royal Prussian Academy edition ( Aristotelis Opera edidit Academia Regia Borussica, Berlin, 1831 – 1870 ), which in turn is based on ancient classifications of these works.

* 1812 – Alexander Herzen, Russian writer ( d. 1870 )

* 1818 – Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet ( d. 1870 )

* 1870 – Franz Lehár, Austrian composer ( d. 1948 )

* 1870 – Amado Nervo, Mexican poet ( d. 1919 )

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.

* 1870 – Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

* 1924 – Lloyd Hildebrand, French racing cyclist ( b. 1870 )

* 1965 – Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American cosmetics manufacturer ( b. 1870 )

* 1870 – The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.

* 1870 – Bernard Baruch, American financier ( d. 1965 )

* 1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.

This hypothesis of the contents of the Mouseion, originally suggested by Nietzsche ( Rheinisches Museum 25 ( 1870 ) & 28 ( 1873 )), appears to have been confirmed by three papyrus finds – one 3rd century BC ( Flinders Petrie Papyri, ed.

* 1870 – Julius Körner, German rower ( death date unknown )

* 1870 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia ( d. 1891 )

* 1788 – David G. Burnet, American politician, president of the Republic of Texas ( d. 1870 )

* 1870 – Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter ( d. 1905 )

* 1870 – Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer ( d. 1929 )

* 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

* Arthur Wellesley Hughes ( 1870 – 1950 ), also known as Arthur Wellesley, Canadian musician and composer

Armoured trains saw use during the 19th century in the American Civil War ( 1861 – 1865 ), the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 1871 ), the First and Second Boer Wars ( 1880 – 81 and 1899 – 1902 ), the First ( 1914 – 1918 ) and Second World Wars ( 1939 – 1945 ) and the First Indochina War ( 1946 – 1954 ).

* 1870 – Karl Renner, President of Austria ( d. 1950 )

On 10 December 1870 the North German Confederation Reichstag renamed the Confederation as the German Empire and gave the title of German Emperor to the King of Prussia as President of the Confederation.

President Grant signed the Naturalization Act of 1870 that allowed persons of African descent to become citizens of the United States.

On the date of May 14, 1870, Woodhull and Claflin used the money they had made from their brokerage to found a paper, Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly, its primary purpose to support Victoria Caflin Woodhull for President of the Unitied States, and which published for the next six years.

* April 14 – David G. Burnet, President of the Republic of Texas ( d. 1870 )

* December 14 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi, 7th President of Finland ( b. 1870 )

In 1870, he was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant, and confirmed by the Senate, as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom to succeed John Lothrop Motley, but declined the mission.

President Ulysses S. Grant then signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870.

" This county, created by Act of the Legislature October 1, 1870, was named for Stephen A. Douglas, the " Little Giant ," a Vermonter who was Congressman from Illinois 1843 to ' 47, Senator from ' 47 to ' 61, and Democratic candidate for President in 1860 on the ticket with gov.

Organized in 1870 from parts of Calcasieu and Vermillion Parishes, Cameron is named for Simon Cameron, a Pennsylvanian who was President Abraham Lincoln's first secretary of war.

( The information was not used until 1870, when President Ulysses S. Grant unsuccessfully attempted to annex the Dominican Republic.

In 1870, he was appointed by President Grant as the area ’ s first postmaster, and given the duty of naming the postmark.

On 10 December 1870 the North German Confederation Reichstag renamed the Confederation as the German Empire and gave the title of German Emperor to the King of Prussia as President of the Confederation.

James Middleton Cox ( March 31, 1870 July 15, 1957 ) was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, U. S. Representative from Ohio and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920.

While serving as pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Barnes became the President of the Pennsylvania Bible Society ( located at 7th and Walnut ) in 1858 – a position he served until his death in 1870.

Juho Kusti Paasikivi (; November 27, 1870 – December 14, 1956 ) was the seventh President of Finland ( 1946 – 1956 ).

He served as President of the Government of National Defense — France's de facto head of state — from 4 September 1870 until his resignation on 22 January 1871 ( although he retained the role symbolically until the legislative elections of February 1871 ).

He still fought for reaction in his new office of President of the French Senate from 20 July, to 4 September 1870.

Henry Adams, who believed that President Ulysses S. Grant had tolerated, encouraged, and perhaps even participated in corruption and swindles, attacked Grant in an 1870 article entitled The New York Gold Conspiracy.

In 1870, President Grant, at Sheridan's request, sent him to observe and report on the Franco-Prussian War.

Amos Tappan Akerman ( February 23, 1821 – December 21, 1880 ) served as United States Attorney General under President Ulysses S. Grant from 1870 to 1871.

On June 23, 1870, he was appointed as Attorney General by President Ulysses S. Grant.

In 1870 he was a member of the commission sent by President Grant to inquire into the practicability of the annexation of Santo Domingo.

He resigned this position in 1867 Two years later he was sent to represent his country as Ambassador to the United Kingdom, but in November 1870 he was recalled by President Grant.