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 ).

* 1952 – Uncle Dave Macon, American musician ( b. 1870 )

* Uncle Dave Macon ( 1870 – 1952 ), American country musician

Byron continued to write prose comedies with the ambitious semi-autobiographical Cyril's Success ( 1868 ), The Upper Crust ( starring Toole ), Uncle Dick's Darling ( 1870, starring Henry Irving ), An English Gentleman ( 1871, starring Edward Sothern ), Weak Woman ( 1875, starring Marion Terry ), and his greatest success, Our Boys ( 1875 – 79, Vaudeville Theatre ).

In 1870, Joel Chandler Harris, who later went on to write the Uncle Remus tales, became an assistant editor.

The Spirit first assumed its now familiar Uncle Sam incarnation in 1870, when it resurrected a political cartoonist who had been killed by Boss Tweed.

In June 2001, a five man panel composed of Bob Quinn, Fos Williams, Dave Boyd, Russell Ebert and Greg Phillips was given the task of announcing the " Greatest Team " composed of Port Adelaide Magpies players between 1870 – 2000.

Modern writer Dave Haslam notes something of the birth of the modern Saturday night in the Northern Quarter at this time with " crowds of shoppers and sightseers ... most shops were open and the main streets were lit up and packed ... there was the added incentive that at midnight the food became cheaper ... on a single day in 1870 it was estimated that up to 20, 000 people went to Shudehill ".

Odum was known as Satilla on an 1870 timetable from the Macon and Brunswick and before that it was known as Haslum.

Baxley was first settled as a result of the Macon & Brunswick Railroad being built through Appling County in 1870.

In September 1870, a steam sawmill was erected by Macon, Krell & Cowell.

* 1775 – Alexander Anderson, American illustrator ( d. 1870 )

* 1870 – Edwin Stanton Porter, American director ( d. 1941 )

* 1870 – Edward LeSaint, American actor and director ( d. 1940 )

* 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.

* 1870 – Louis Coerne, American composer and music educator ( d. 1922 )

* 1870 – William Laurel Harris, American mural painter and writer ( d. 1924 )

* 1870 – Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman ( d. 1954 )

* 1870 – American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.

* 1771 – Patrick Gass, American sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition ( d. 1870 )

* 1870 – Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor ( d. 1945 )

* 1966 – Leonie Taylor, American archer ( b. 1870 )

* 1801 – David Farragut, American navy commander ( d. 1870 )

* 1807 – Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general ( d. 1870 )

* 1936 – Albert Fish, American serial killer ( b. 1870 )

* 1870 – Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist ( d. 1959 )

* 1870 – Howard Brockway, American composer ( d. 1951 )

* 1870 – Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director ( d. 1937 )

* 1809 – John A. Dahlgren, American Navy admiral ( d. 1870 )

* 1870 – Albert Jay Nock, American author ( d. 1945 )

Triumphant Plutocracy: The Story of American Public Life from 1870 to 1920.