Feb 2 Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum. Feb 3 US state of Iowa ratifies the 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution allowing suffrage for all races & colour. Feb 5 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia. Feb 9 US Army establishes US National Weather Service.

July 15, 1870 - The last former state of the Confederacy, Georgia, is readmitted into the Union, and the Confederated States of America is officially dissolved. November 1, 1870 - The National Weather Service, known as the Weather Bureau, makes its first official meteorological forecast. "High winds at Chicago and Milwaukee... and along the Lakes."

1870 - 1884. The Brooklyn Bridge,one of the earliest and largest suspension bridges of its time, was a symbol of American ingenuity and immigration. Its construction spanned 14 years and costed the lives of countless immigrants.

11/11/2019 · The first silhouette of the decade began in 1870; the great, circular or oval crinolines of previous decades collapsed into the so-called first bustle style (Fig. 1). The bustle was a softly draped protrusion at the back of the waist, created by …

1870 The Franco-Prussian War , Bismarck's influence on the German states leads to a year long conflict in which France is defeated. There can be no doubt of Prussia's dominance over the now unified Germany, and the war has ended France's presupposed hegemony over European affairs.

After the surrender of Napoleon III at Sedan in September 1870, the condition of France was deplorable. A republican government was set up in Paris and it was declared to fight the Germans.

However, the entry of Italian troops into Rome in 1870 gave a blow to the position of the Pope. The Italian Government tried to reconcile the Pope and passed in 1871 the Law of Papal Guarantees. The new law gave to the Pope the government of the Vatican and Lateran palaces and grounds and villa of Castel Gandolfo.