What Happened In June 1870 In History

Historical Events for June, 1870

• 22nd » US Congress created the United States Department of Justice
• 26th » The Christianity e.g Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1870

• 5th » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (d. 1935)
• 13th » Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 14th » Sophia of Prussia (d. 1932)
• 17th » Kitaro Nishida, Japanese philosopher and academic (d. 1945)
• 18th » Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1954)
• 20th » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (d. 1943)
• 21st » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (d. 1915)
• 21st » Anthony Michell, English-Australian engineer (d. 1959)
• 29th » Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (d. 1926)

Famous Deaths for June 1870

• 9th » Charles Dickens, English author and critic (b. 1812)
• 20th » Jules de Goncourt, French author (b. 1830)
• 25th » David Heaton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 26th » Armand Barbès, French republican revolutionary (b. 1809)

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