Mitchell Families Online

GENEALOGY OF MY MITCHELL FAMILIES - AND A LOT MORE BESIDES!

1870 - 1870 (0 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1868	3 Dec 1868—17 Feb 1874: William Ewart Gladstone, UK Prime Minister (Liberal) William Ewart Gladstone
2	1869	4 Mar 1869—3 Mar 1877: Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant
3	1870	1870: GPO takes over the privately-owned Telegraph Companies (nationalised) 1870: Dr Thomas Barnardo opens his first home for destitute children 1870: Water closets come into wide use 1870: Diamonds discovered in Kimberley, South Africa 1870: Smallpox epidemic in the Netherlands. In 1871 the number of deaths rises to 15,787 1870: Netherlands abolished the death penalty 1 Oct 1870: First British postcard