In 1870, a Norwegian man named Svend Foyn successfully patented and pioneered the exploding harpoon and gun based on Erik Eriksen's idea and design.

The Siege of Belfort, between 3 November 1870 and 18 February 1871, was successfully resisted until the garrison was ordered to surrender 21 days after the armistice between France and Prussia.

Thus in 1857 he went to Peru in order to determine the magnetic equator ; in 1861 – 1862 and 1864, he studied telluric absorption in the solar spectrum in Italy and Switzerland ; in 1867 he carried out optical and magnetic experiments at the Azores ; he successfully observed both transits of Venus, that of 1874 in Japan, that of 1882 at Oran in Algeria ; and he took part in a long series of solar eclipse-expeditions, e. g. to Trani ( 1867 ), Guntur ( 1868 ), Algiers ( 1870 ), Siam ( 1875 ), the Caroline Islands ( 1883 ), and to Alcosebre in Spain ( 1905 ).

During this same time, other investors had built an elevated railway in Greenwich St and Ninth Ave, which operated successfully with a small steam engine starting in 1870.

As Imperial Germany feared a long two-front war against France and the Russian Empire, the Schlieffen plan was conceived which suggested a quick strike to beat France first ( as was done successfully in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 ), and then an eastward turn toward Russia ( which was seen as being slower to mobilize ).

He successfully united the three in 1870 to form the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad ( AM & O ), which was headquartered in Lynchburg.

He made translations of Catullus ( 1870 ) and of Aristophanes ' Acharnians ( 1889 ), in which he successfully reproduced the Dorisms in Low German.

Despite France's loss to the Germans the Galand performed successfully and the Imperial Russian Navy adopted the Galand model 1870 revolver in 1871.

On the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 he again commanded the Saxons, who were included in the 2nd army under Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, his old opponent.

Robert Edward Lee ( January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870 ) was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.

On September 10, 1870, Italy declared war on the Papal States, and the Italian Army, commanded by General Raffaele Cadorna, crossed the frontier of the then remaining papal territory on September 11 and advanced slowly toward Rome.

This corps he commanded during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 / 71, and it was in this war that he secured his reputation as one of the foremost of German soldiers.

To prevent two admirals from dying as paupers, a special clause in the retirement scheme of 1870 provided that those officers who had commanded a ship during the French war should be retained on the active list.

In 1870 Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia and Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm — who had commanded armies during the Franco-Prussian War — became the first Prussian princes appointed field marshals.

He was at the Boston Navy Yard from 1865 to 1868, where he was promoted to captain on 16 March 1867, then commanded the screw steamer until 1870.

From 1867 to the early part of 1870, he commanded the subdivision of Bona in Algeria, and was commanding the Constantine division at the commencement of the Franco-Prussian War.

From 1866 to 1870 he commanded the 14th division at Düsseldorf.

Entering the army as lieutenant of artillery in 1857 he gained the medal for military valour at the battle of Custoza in 1866, and in 1870 commanded the brigade of artillery which battered the breach in the wall of Rome at Porta Pia.

Radford was promoted to rear admiral on 25 July 1866, and commanded the European Squadron during 1869 – 1870.

General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough, GCB, GCMG, KCVO ( 12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963 ), was a senior officer in the British Army, who commanded the British Fifth Army from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.

In 1870, Maffit commanded a warship for Cuban revolutionaries during the Ten Years ' War.

From May 1, 1868 until April 30, 1870, he commanded the naval station at Mound City, Illinois.

From 1868 to 1870 he commanded HMS Dryad in the Persian Gulf region and was engaged in the suppression of the slave trade, particularly around Zanzibar and Oman.

Schlichting returned to the line in 1870 and commanded an infantry battalion in the Franco-Prussian War.

In 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, Failly commanded the 5th Corps.

In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 – 71 he commanded this regiment in the Army of the Rhine, until promoted to be general of brigade on August 30.

Getty then transferred to the 3rd U. S. Artillery on December 31, 1870, and then commanded the Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, for six years.

In 1870 he commanded a battalion of the 73rd Fusilers and won the Iron Cross ( II Class ) at Gravelotte.

On the 8th, 9th and 10th of December 1870, the Prussian army, commanded by the grand-duke of Mecklenburg, defeated the French army of the Loire, under General Chanzy, in the second battle of Beaugency ( or Villorceau-Josnes ).

Ducrot commanded the most important French attack against the Prussian besiegers ( the Battle of Villiers ), 29 November-3 December 1870.

He commanded the flagship in the North Atlantic Squadron between 1868 and early 1870.

When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired by Boston businessman, Ivers Whitney Adams to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the " Red Stockings " nickname along ( Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal ).

The Brooklyn Historic Railway Association's ( BHRA ) shop, trolley barn and offices are located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, on the historic Beard Street Piers ( circa 1870 ).

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Manitoba became a province of Canada in 1870 after the Red River Rebellion.

In 1870, a schism developed between professional and amateur ballplayers, after the 1869 founding of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings.

At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870, she assisted the grand duchess of Baden in the preparation of military hospitals, and gave the Red Cross society much aid during the war.

After the Red River Rebellion of 1869 – 1870, many of the Métis moved from Manitoba to the Fort Carlton region of the North-West Territories, where they founded a settlement at Batoche on the South Saskatchewan River.

The first settlement in the area followed in 1870, which resulted in the Red River War of 1874 and 1875 with the native Comanche and Kiowa tribes.

In 1870 the Red Ensign, with the addition of the Canadian composite shield in the fly, began to be used unofficially on land and sea and was known as the Canadian Red Ensign.

Red Bank was originally formed as a Town on March 17, 1870, from portions of Shrewsbury Township.

Over the centuries, portions of the township have been taken to form Stafford Township ( March 3, 1750 ), Dover Township ( March 1, 1768, now Toms River Township ), Ocean Township ( February 24, 1849 ), Red Bank ( March 17, 1870 ), Eatontown ( April 4, 1873 ), Rumson ( May 15, 1907 ), Fair Haven ( March 28, 1912 ), Little Silver ( March 19, 1923 ), Shrewsbury borough ( March 22, 1926 ) and New Shrewsbury ( April 15, 1950, now Tinton Falls ).

Fort Pembina and Red River ox carts, c. 1870

In late 1869 and early 1870, the fort was seized by Louis Riel and his Métis followers during the Red River Rebellion.

Other structures in the grounds listed at Grade II are the Pheasant House dating from about 1870, an Italian white marble wellhead in the centre of the courtyard of the house dating from the 18th century and probably brought to the house from Venice in about 1900, sandstone kennels in an H-plan dating from around 1870, a pair of gardener's cottages dated 1871, terrace revetment walls to the west of the house containing some 17th-century masonry with later repairs, the lodge, gate piers and gates on Lyme Park Drive, the forward gatepiers to Lyme Park Drive, dating from the late 17th century and moved to their present position about 1860, the gate piers in Red Lane, and the gate piers, gates and railings to the north of the north front of the house.

This led to a second period of unrest in 1869 and 1870 called the Red River Rebellion, which led to the creation of Manitoba.

Red squadron ( English ): 29 SOLs ( I-IV rates ) about 1870 guns + 2-V

In 1870, Archibald gave a speech in favour of conciliation towards the leaders of the Red River Rebellion in Manitoba.

In 1870, the legislature passed the Manitoba Act, allowing the Red River Colony to enter Confederation as the province of Manitoba.

Steele also participated in the Red River Expedition in 1870 to fight the Red River Rebellion of Louis Riel.

In 1870, Red Cloud visited Washington D. C., and met with Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ely S. Parker ( a Seneca and U. S. Army General ) and President Ulysses S. Grant.

As a lawyer, he defended Ambroise-Dydime Lépine against the charge of murdering Thomas Scott during the Red River Rebellion of 1869 – 1870.

* 1870 – There is large public support amongst Protestants for the trying of Louis Riel for treason for executing Thomas Scott during the so-called Red River Rebellion in Manitoba, while many Quebecers support Riel.