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Georges Dufrénoy
1870Jun, 20

Georges Dufrénoy

Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic (d. 1943)
Georges Dufrénoy (June 20, 1870 – December 9, 1943) was a French post-Impressionist painter associated with Fauvism.

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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

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  • 12May

    Royal Assent

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    Papal infallibility

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

    Siege of Paris (1870-71)

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