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1870 In Sweden
Events from the year 1870 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XV of Sweden, Charles XV Events * - In accordance with the recommendations of the progressive Girls' School Committee of 1866, the first Gymnasium (school), gymnasium for women is opened (at Wallinska skolan in Stockholm). * - Universities open to women (at the same terms as men 1873).Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok 1979 * - The first Folk high school open to women is founded by Fredrique Paijkull. * - The Bukowskis is founded * - First issue of ''Sydsvenskan'' Births * 25 January - Helge von Koch, mathematician (died 1924 in Sweden, 1924) * 27 May - Anna Stecksén, pathologist (died 1904 in Sweden, 1904) * 3 April - Agda Östlund, suffragist and social democrat (died 1942 in Sweden, 1942) * 7 April – Anna Lindhagen, politician and social reformer (died 1941 in Sweden, 1941) * 2 October - Hilma Swedahl, gold prospector (died 1965 in Sweden, 1965) * 11 November - Sigfrid Edström, 4th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870
Events January–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 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins in New York City. * January 6 – The ''Musikverein'', Vienna, is inaugurated in Austria-Hungary. * January 10 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. * January 15 – 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 – Marias Massacre: U.S soldiers attack a peaceful camp of Piegan Blackfeet Indians, led by chief Heavy Runner. * January 26 – Reconstruction Era (United States): Virginia rejoins the Union. This year it adopts a new Constitution, drawn up by John Curtiss Underwood, expanding suffrage to all male citizens over 21, including freedmen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
