Historical Events in 1870
111 curated events dated to this year, and 198 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1870
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Hardy Meets Emma Lavinia Gifford in Cornwall
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Second Industrial Revolution Accelerates
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Bismarck Edits the Ems Dispatch
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Death of His Wife, Margaret
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Death of Violet Jacob's Father
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Emigration to Australia
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Fifteenth Amendment Ratified
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Marriage to Olivia Langdon
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Publication of 'Epic of Women'
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Publication of 'The Christian's Good Night'
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The First Vatican Council Defines Papal Infallibility
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Aesthetic Movement Embraces Japanese Prints and Goods
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Death of Son, Thomas Arnold
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Department Stores Spread Across Europe and America
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Education Act Introduces School Boards
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Education at Alford Parish School
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Education at Western Female High School
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First Major Wave of Polish Immigration
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Friendship with Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Gilded Age in the United States
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Impact of Color on Impressionism
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Joining the Staff of the Boston Pilot
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Marriage to Mathilde Mauté
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Meeting with Thomas Wentworth Higginson at the Homestead
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Move to San Francisco
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Publication of 'The Ascent of Man'
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Publication of 'The Epic of Hades'
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Publication of 'The Lost Chord'
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Publication of 'The New Year'
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works of George John Cayley'
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Rimbaud's First Published Poem
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Rise of Synthetic Organic Chemistry in Perfumery
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Success of 'The Danites in the Sierras'
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Azo Dyes Expansion in Germany
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Bible Translation into Indonesian by Dutch Missionaries
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Elementary Education Act Expands Access
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Engagement to Mary Nesbit
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Final Years in New York City
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First Balloon Mail Service
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First Modern Advertising Agencies Emerge
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First Wave Feminism and Free Love Movement
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Founding of 'Scribner's Monthly'
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Friendship with Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Friendship with William Dean Howells
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Gladstone's First Land Act Reforms Irish Tenancy
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Hashish Use Among French Decadent Poets Peaks
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HMS Captain Capsizes in the Bay of Biscay
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Involvement in the Aesthetic Movement
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James Starley Introduces the Ariel High Wheeler
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Literary Friendship with Other Writers
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Marriage to George Frederick Cross
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Married Women's Property Act
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Meiji Restoration Western-Influenced Japanese Courtship
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Publication of 'Hymns and Songs of Praise'
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Publication of 'The Backlog'
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works of Edward James Mortimer Collins, Second Series'
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Publication of 'The Story of a Bad Boy'
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Recognition in Local Literary Circles
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Relocation to Boston
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Robinson's Family Relocation to Gardiner
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Siege of Paris 1870-1871
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Steam Power Reaches Peak Dominance in Industry
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Swinburne's Involvement with the Aesthetic Movement
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The 'Aesthetic Movement' and 'Art for Art's Sake'
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Widespread Adoption of Sewer Systems in US Cities
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19th Century American Privy to Indoor Transition
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American Opium Dens and Racial Anxiety
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Axminster Power Loom Perfected for Patterned Carpets
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Champagne Becomes Global Luxury Symbol
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Cochineal Decline Due to Synthetics
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Death of William Brighty Rands's Father
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Early Education in Stratford-upon-Avon and Peterborough
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Education Act Linking to Child Labor
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Education and Early Career Beginnings of Fannie Isabel Sherrick
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Education and Early Literary Influences of A. Mary F. Robinson
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Establishment of Gold Standard Formalization
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Evangelical Revival and Temperance Movement Peak
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Final Years and Continued Writing
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First Bustle Period Begins
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Friendship with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Friendship with Paul Hamilton Hayne
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Global Spread of Steam Technology to Asia
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Graduation with First-Class Degree
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Growth of Circulating Libraries and Mass Literacy
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Introduction of Steel Masts and Rigging in Sailing Ships
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Involvement in the Bohemian Circles of London
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Japanese Silk Modernization
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Marias River Massacre of Piegan Blackfeet
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Marriage to Mary E. Sill
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Marriage to Mary McCulloch
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Mechanized Flour Milling Improvements
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Opal Mining in Australia
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Opium Dens Proliferate in Victorian London
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Phylloxera Epidemic Boosts Absinthe Consumption
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Relocation to California
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Rise of Mail-Order Catalogues
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Symons' Early Education and Literary Development
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Australian Pearl and Trochus Fisheries
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British in Burma English Education
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British in Malaysia Vernacular Schools
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Final Years in London
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First Successful Beet Sugar Factory in the US
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Friendship with James Spedding
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Import of Japanese Cloisonné Enamelware to Europe
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Rise of the Department Store
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Silo Construction for Forage Preservation
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Tempered Glass Commercial Development
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The Bustle Replaces the Crinoline: Fashion Redirects Female Curves
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Victorian Era Rubber Sponge Development
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Emily Dickinson's Reputation as a Baker in Amherst
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The 'Graphology' and 'Handwriting Analysis' Fad
Poets alive in 1870
198 poets
Poets in 1870
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