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2 Births

January 8 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain (d. 1930)
January 15 - Pierre S. DuPont, industrialist
February 7 - Alfred Adler, psychologist
March 5 - Frank Norris, writer (d. 1902)
March 17 - Horace Donisthorpe, myrmecologist (d. 1951)
March 20 - Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)
April 22 - Vladimir Lenin, first leader of the USSR
April 30 - Franz Lehár, composer (d. 1948)
May 19 - Albert Fish, serial killer
June 13 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist
July 3 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
July 12 - Louis II of Monaco
July 29 - George Dixon, Black Canadian boxer, first Black world boxing champion in any weight class
August 31 - Maria Montessori, educator
September 26 - King Christian X of Denmark
November 21 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official
November 27 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, former Prime Minister and President of Finland (d. 1956)
December 5 - Vitezslav Novák, composer (d. 1949)
December 18 - Saki, writer (d. 1918)

3 Deaths

February 11 - Jacob M. de Kempenaer , Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-1849?).
February 11 - Leopold Eugen Mechura , composer
February 19 - Nathaniel de Rothschild, French wine grower
March 28 - George Henry Thomas, American general
June 9 - Charles Dickens, British novelist
July 20 - Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt, Prix Goncourt
October 12 - Robert E. Lee, Confederate general (b. 1807)
November 4 - Comte de Lautreamont, French poet and writer
November 28 – Frédéric Bazille, Impressionist painter
December 5 - Alexandre Dumas, père, author
December 27 - General Prim, Spanish dictator.
Henry Rowe - Gothic architect

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1870sEvents and Trends Franco-Prussian War ( 1870- 1871) results in the collapse of the Second French Empire and in the formation of both the French Third Republic and the German Empire. Invention of the telephone ( 1876) and phonograph ( 1877). See also the H	1870Events January 6 The inauguration of the Musikverein ( Vienna). January 10 John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil January 15 A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking	1870 in musicSee also 1869 in music, other events of 1870, 1871 in music and the list of 'years in music'. Events Musikverein opens in Vienna ( January 6) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein (
1870 in literatureSee also 1869 in literature, other events of 1870, 1871 in literature, list of years in literature. Events New Books The Caged Lion Charlotte Mary Yonge The Eternal Husband Fyodor Dostoevsky Lothair Benjamin Disraeli Man and Wife Wilkie Collins The Myster	1870 in sportsSee also 1869 in sports, other events of 1870, 1871 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Boat race Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Cambridge Births January 16 Willie Simms, Hall of Fame jockey (d. 1927) July 29 George Dixon, the first black world b	1870 in scienceSee also Other events of 1870 List of years in science. 1869 in science 1870 in science 1871 in science. The year 1870 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. Ecology Introduced rabbits reach the New South Wales bor
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