January 1870
Sunday 02:
Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
Monday 03:
The Brooklyn Bridge begins construction.
Thursday 06:
The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna).
Monday 10:
John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
Saturday 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).
Sunday 23:
Marias Massacre
Wednesday 26:
American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
Thursday 27:
The first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University.
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