February 1870

Wednesday 02:

It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant was just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

Thursday 03:

The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.

Thursday 10:

The YWCA is founded (New York City).

Saturday 12:

Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory.

Wednesday 23:

Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

Friday 25:

Hiram Rhoades Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.

Saturday 26:

In New York City, the first pneumatic-subway opens.

Monday 28:

The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.