What Happened In February 1870 In History

Historical Events for February, 1870

• 3rd » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race.
• 9th » President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of United States Congress or Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• 10th » The YWCA is founded in New York City.
• 15th » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded and offers the first Bachelors of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering.
• 23rd » Reconstruction Era: Post-American Civil War or U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union (American Civil War) e.g Union.
• 25th » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican Party (United States) named Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the Congress of the United States or U.S. Congress.
• 27th » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• 28th » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1870

• 4th » Constant van Langhendonck, Belgian horse rider (d. 1944)
• 7th » Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
• 12th » Marie Lloyd, English actress and singer (d. 1922)
• 13th » Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
• 18th » William Laurel Harris, American painter and author (d. 1924)
• 27th » Louis Coerne, American composer and educator (d. 1922)

Famous Deaths for February 1870

• 14th » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 25th » Henrik Hertz, Danish poet (b. 1797)

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