Editing 1870s (section)

==Politics and wars==
{{See also|List of sovereign states in the 1870s}}

===Wars===
*[[Dungan revolt (1862–77)|Dungan Revolt]] (1862–1877), [[Hui]] uprising against the [[Qing Empire]] which resulted in 20 million deaths and a Qing victory
*[[Franco-Prussian War]] (1870–1871), resulted in the collapse of the [[Second French Empire]] and in the formation of both the [[French Third Republic]] and the [[German Empire]]
*[[Anglo-Ashanti wars#Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873–1874)|Third Anglo-Ashanti War]], also known as the "First Ashanti Expedition" (1873–1874), ended with the destruction of the royal palace at [[Kumasi]] and the signing of the [[Treaty of Fomena]], which secured British trading rights in the area
*The [[Third Carlist War]] (1872–1876), the last of the [[Carlist Wars]] in Spain
*[[Ethiopian–Egyptian War]] (1874–1876), a resource conflict over access to the [[Nile River]] basin between the [[Ethiopian Empire]] and the [[Khedivate of Egypt]], resulting in an Ethiopian victory
*[[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)]], resulted in [[Serbia]], [[Romania]], and [[Montenegro]] becoming completely independent from the [[Ottoman Empire]], while [[Bulgaria]] became autonomous
*In the United States, post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]] continued until its conclusion under President [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] in 1877
*Second [[Anglo-Afghan War]] (1878–1880), fought between the [[British Raj]] and the [[Emirate of Afghanistan]]
*[[Anglo-Zulu War]] (11 January – 5 July 1879)
*[[War of the Pacific]] (1879–1884), fought over resource-rich territory along the Pacific coast between [[Chile]] and an alliance of [[Bolivia]] and [[Peru]]

===Colonization, decolonization, and independence===
*The [[British Empire]] continued to grow, with the 1870s marking the beginning of the [[New Imperialism]].
*[[Principality of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] and [[Principality of Romania|Romania]] declared independence following [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)|a war]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*The [[Sioux]] battled the [[United States Cavalry]] and resisted encroachment by white settlers on the [[Great Plains]].

===Political and social events===
*The [[German Empire]] and Alliance System emerged.
*Racial and economic politics at the height of America's [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction Era]] were bitter, pessimistic, and sometimes violent.
*The [[Gilded Age]] began in 1877, lasting until 1896.
*The [[First Spanish Republic]] rises and promptly ends (1873–1874). 
*The first [[Ottoman constitution of 1876|Ottoman Constitution]] is promulgated in 1876, starting the [[First Constitutional Era|First Constitutional Era (1876–1878)]].
*[[1876 United States presidential election|Contested US presidential election of 1876]]