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Charles Auguste de Bériot
1870Apr, 8

Charles Auguste de Bériot

Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
Charles Auguste de Bériot (20 February 1802 – 8 April 1870) was a Belgian violinist, artist and composer.

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    Thomas Nast

    A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
  • 30Mar

    Reconstruction Era

    Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
  • 12May

    Royal Assent

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  • 18Jul

    Papal infallibility

    The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
  • 19Sep

    Siege of Paris (1870-71)

    Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.