1870s
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Centuries: | 18th century - 19th century - 20th century |
Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s |
Years: | 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 |
[edit] Events
- The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell.
- The light bulb was invented.
- The phonograph is invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison.
- Ludwig Boltzmann's statistical definition of thermodynamic entropy
- Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) results in the collapse of the Second French Empire and in the formation of both the French Third Republic and the German Empire
- Continuing expansion of the British Empire; beginning of the New Imperialism
- Bulgaria and Romania declare independence following war against Turkey
- In the United States, continuation of post-Civil War reconstruction until its conclusion under President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877