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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s Years: 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 Events and Trends Invention of the telephone (1876) and phonograph (1877). See also the History of Science and Technology. Continuing expansion of the British Empire. World Leaders Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary) Emperor Wilhelm I (Germany) Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (Germany) King Victor Emmanuel II (Italy) King Umberto I (Italy) Pope Pius IX Pope Leo XIII Emperor Alexander II (Russia) Queen Victoria (United Kingdom) Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (United Kingdom) Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (United Kingdom) President Ulysses S. Grant (United States) President Rutherford B. Hayes (United States)
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
Years: 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
World Leaders