Editing 1870 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 11]] – A [[1870 Batang earthquake|7.3 earthquake]] shakes the Chinese county of [[Batang County|Batang]] causing a fire that leaves about 5,000 dead.<ref name=NGDC>{{citation|title=Significant Earthquake Database|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1138|author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS)|publisher=[[National Geophysical Data Center]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|year=1972|type=Data Set}}</ref>
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York City is established.
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Antonio Guzmán Blanco]] begins his first term as [[President of Venezuela]].
* [[April 29]] &ndash; The Chicago Base Ball Club, later to be known as the Chicago White Stockings and ultimately the [[Chicago Cubs]], play their first game against the St. Louis Unions of the [[National Association of Base Ball Players]], an amateur league.
* [[May 12]]
** The Canadian province of [[Manitoba]] is created, in response to [[Louis Riel]]'s [[Red River Rebellion]].
** The [[Port Adelaide Football Club]] is founded.
* [[May 14]] &ndash; The first [[rugby football|rugby]] match is played in New Zealand, between the Nelson Football Club and [[Nelson College]].
* [[May 25]] The [[Fenian Brotherhood]] [[Battle of Eccles Hill|attacks Eccles hill]], Quebec.
* [[June 8]] &ndash; The final splice on the first [[telegraph]] submarine cable between [[Great Britain]] and [[India]] is made.
* [[June 9]] &ndash; English novelist [[Charles Dickens]] dies at [[Gads Hill Place]] in [[Kent]], leaving his last book, ''[[The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]'', unfinished.
* [[June 21]] &ndash; The [[Tianjin Massacre]] of 17 foreigners (mostly European Christian priests and nuns) and 40 Chinese people who had converted to Christianity, takes place in China when an angry mob attacks churches established in the city.<ref name=Putnam>"China", in ''The World's Progress: A Dictionary of Dates'', ed. by George P. Putnam and F. B. Perkins (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1878) p. 133.</ref> 
* [[June 22]]
** The office of the [[Solicitor General of the United States]] is set up, to supervise and conduct government litigation in the [[United States Supreme Court]].
** The [[U.S. Congress]] creates the [[United States Department of Justice]].
* [[June 23]] &ndash;The first message by [[electric telegraph]] using the [[Great Britain]] to [[India]] submarine cable is sent from [[London]].
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[Richard Wagner]]'s opera ''[[Die Walküre]]'' is first performed at [[Munich]]'s [[National Theatre Munich|National Theatre]].
* [[June 28]] &ndash; American President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] signs an act making the [[United States Independence Day]],  [[Thanksgiving Day (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]], [[Christmas Day]] and [[New Year's Day]] federal holidays in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4608452/christmas-america-national-holiday/|title=The Surprising Story of Christmas in the United States|magazine=Time|language=en|author=Olivia B. Waxman|date=23 December 2016|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>