Editing 1870 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]]
** The first edition of ''[[The Northern Echo]]'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, [[Darlington]], England.
** Plans for the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] are completed.
* [[January 3]] &ndash; Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins in New York City.
* [[January 6]] &ndash; The ''[[Musikverein]]'', Vienna, is inaugurated in [[Austria-Hungary]].
* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[John D. Rockefeller]] incorporates [[Standard Oil]].
* [[January 15]] &ndash; A [[political cartoon]] for the first time symbolizes the [[United States Democratic Party]] with a [[donkey]] (''A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion'' by [[Thomas Nast]] for ''[[Harper's Weekly]]'').
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Marias Massacre]]: U.S. soldiers attack a peaceful camp of [[Piegan Blackfeet]] Indians, led by chief Heavy Runner.
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Reconstruction Era]] (United States): [[Virginia]] rejoins the Union. This year it adopts a [[Constitution of Virginia#1870|new Constitution]], drawn up by [[John Curtiss Underwood]], expanding suffrage to all male citizens over 21, including [[freedmen]].
* [[January 28]] &ndash; British {{SS|City of Boston}} departs [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], on a transatlantic passage on which it will be lost with all 191 aboard.
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Denis Vrain-Lucas]] is sentenced to 2 years in prison for multiple [[forgery]], in Paris.
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Goodna State School]] in [[Goodna, Queensland]], Australia, is founded.
* [[February 2]]
** It is revealed that the famed [[Cardiff Giant]] in the U.S. is just carved [[gypsum]] and not the petrified remains of a human.
** ''[[The Seven Brothers]]'' (''Seitsemän veljestä''), a novel by Finnish author [[Aleksis Kivi]], is published first time in several thin booklets.<ref>[https://www.nurmijarvi.fi/aleksis-kivi/artikkelit/seitseman-veljesta-150-juhlavuosi/ Seitsemän veljestä 150 juhlavuosi – Nurmijärvi] (in Finnish)</ref>
* [[February 3]] &ndash; The [[Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], guaranteeing [[African American]] men the right to vote, is passed.
* [[February 9]] &ndash; The U.S. Army [[Weather Bureau]] is created within the [[Army Signal Corps]].
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Anaheim, California]], is incorporated.
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Women's suffrage]]: Women gain the [[right to vote]] in [[Utah Territory]].
* [[February 23]] &ndash; Military control of [[Mississippi]] ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Hiram Rhodes Revels]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] from Mississippi, is sworn into the [[United States Senate]], becoming the first African American to sit in the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].
* [[February 26]]
** In New York City, the first [[pneumatic]] [[rapid transit|subway]], [[Beach Pneumatic Transit]], is opened.
** The German ''[[Commerzbank]]'' is founded in [[Hamburg]].
* [[February 27]] &ndash; The '''Nisshoki''' 'circle of the sun' [[flag of Japan]] is adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships, by proclamation of the [[Daijō-kan]].
* [[February 28]] &ndash; The [[Bulgarian Exarchate]] is established, by decree of Sultan [[Abdülaziz]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[March]] &ndash; The [[Mitsubishi]] Company is established in Japan as a [[shipping]] firm, by [[Iwasaki Yatarō]] with [[Thomas Blake Glover]].
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cerro Corá]], [[Paraguay]]: Marshal [[Francisco Solano López]]'s last troops are cornered by those of the Triple Alliance. López refuses to surrender and is killed, ending the [[Paraguayan War]].
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Red River Rebellion]]: [[Thomas Scott (Orangeman)|Thomas Scott]] is executed by [[Louis Riel]]'s provisional government, in modern-day [[Manitoba]], Canada.
* [[March 5]] &ndash; The first ever international [[Association football]] match, [[England v Scotland (1870)|England v Scotland]], takes place under the auspices of [[the Football Association]] at [[The Oval]], London.
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Deutsche Bank]] is founded in Berlin.
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870]], passed in British India by Natalia Fish.
* [[March 19]] &ndash; The Ohio Legislature passes the Cannon Act, thereby establishing the Ohio Agriculture and Mechanical College, later [[Ohio State University]].
* [[March 24]] 
** [[Syracuse University]] is established in New York (state) and officially opens.
** A Chilean prospecting party led by José Díaz Gana discovers the silver ores of [[Caracoles]] in the Bolivian portion of [[Atacama Desert]],<ref name=arqueo>{{Cite journal |title=Arquelogía histórica en el mineral de Caracoles, Región de Antofagasta, Chile (1870-1989) |journal=Revista de Arqueología Histórica Argentina y Latinoamericana |url= |last1=García-Albarido |first1=Francisco |issue= |volume=4 |pages=169–194 |last2=Lorca |first2=Rodrigo |year=2010 |language=Spanish |last3=Rivera |first3=Francisco}}</ref>  leading to the last of [[Chilean silver rush|Chilean silver rushes]]<ref name=ChSI>{{Cite book | isbn = 978-0-521-43375-4 | title = Chile Since Independence | editor1-last = Bethell | editor1-first= Leslie | year = 1993 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | location = [[Cambridge, England|Cambridge]]| pages = 13–14 | oclc = 25873947 | lccn = 92017160 }}<!-- Bethel, "Chile Since Independence", 1993 --></ref> and a diplomatic dispute over its taxation between Chile and [[Bolivia]].<ref name=mem2>{{Cite web
 | url   = https://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-92800.html
 | title = Mineral de Caracoles
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 | website  = [[Memoria Chilena]]
 | publisher  = [[Biblioteca Nacional de Chile]]
 | language = es
}}</ref>
* [[March 30]]
** The [[Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], giving African American men the right to vote, is ratified.
** [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]]: [[Texas]] is readmitted to the Union.
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Thomas Mundy Peterson]] is the first African American to vote in an election.