Politics , 1870. •
Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877, dominated by Reconstruction issues. •
Rutherford B Hayes, elected US President in disputed election of
1876. •
Victoria Woodhull, reformer, publisher, and first woman to run for the U.S. presidency, in 1872. •
Hiram R. Revels, the first African American to serve in either house of the U.S. Congress, elected in 1870. •
Joseph Rainey, the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives, elected in 1870. •
Kalākaua, the king of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1874, associated with the revival of hula and flourishing court culture. •
Giovanni Passannante, anarchist, attempted assassin of
Umberto I of
Italy in 1878.
Visual Arts painted by
Édouard Manet, 1871. •
James Tissot, French society painter known for depicting the decade's fashionable dress and society. •
Berthe Morisot, French painter associated with the first generation of Impressionism. •
Édouard Manet, modernist painter associated with French impressionism. •
Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor who depicted modern life in Paris. •
Thomas Eakins, a pivotal American painter who helped define American realism. •
Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator associated with post-Civil War American art. •
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, highly influential English painter, notable member and founder of the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Writers with
Mark Twain, 1874. •
Mark Twain, American author whose 1873 The Gilded Age gave this period its name. •
Lewis Carroll, an English author who published
Through the Looking Glass in 1871. •
W. S. Gilbert, dramatist and librettist known for his collaboration with composer
Arthur Sullivan, which defined late-Victorian comic opera.
Celebrities , 1870s. •
Christina Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano and one of the best-known international celebrities of the decade. •
Emma Albani, a Canadian-born coloratura soprano whose career took off after an 1870 debut. •
Boulton and Park, English cross-dressing performers whose homosexuality related 1870 arrest and trial became major publicized Victorian scandal. •
Annie Hindle, variety performer and the best-known male impersonator performer of this period in the United States. •
Valtesse de La Bigne, a Parisian courtesan and celebrity associated with demi-monde glamour. She was the inspiration for the character of Nana in art and literature. •
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX, the major Kabuki actor of this decade, pivotal to its revival. •
Jane Morris, notable artists' model whose image was synonymous with Pre-Raphaelite beauty. ===
American frontier === •
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader associated with Indigenous resistance to U.S. expansion during the decade. •
Chief Joseph, leader of Wallowa band of Nez Perce, remembered for the
Nez Perce War of 1877. •
Crazy Horse, Oglala Lakota war leader associated with the
Great Sioux War of 1876. •
George Armstrong Custer, U. S. Army officer whose death at
Battle of the Little Bighorn became definitive to the decade's conflicts in the U.S. •
"Wild Bill" Hickok, gunfighter, scout, and entertainer who became legend after his 1876 death. •
Wyatt Earp, lawman well-known in the later part of the decade. •
Doc Holliday, gambler and gunfighter associated with frontier violence. •
Calamity Jane, Frontierswoman and professional
scout, who became a notable celebrity. ==See also==