1870

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{{Year nav|1870}} '''1870''' (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ==Events== *January 3 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. *February 12 – Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory. *July 15 – Georgia becomes the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union, and the C.S.A. is dissolved. *September 18 – Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone. ==Births== *[[March 27]] - [[Clarissa Isabell Wilhelm]] (d. [[1937]]) ==Deaths== *[[James Return Williams]] (b. [[1840]]) [[Category:Year]][[Category:1870s]]

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