Timeline July 1870

Events in July 1870 4

• 1870 Manitoba Becomes a Canadian Province The Manitoba Act creates Canada's fifth province The Manitoba Act took effect on 15 July 1870, creating the province of Manitoba and admitting it into the Canadian Confederation. The act followed negotiations with Louis Riel's provisional government after the Red River Resistance. It guaranteed land and language rights for the Metis population.
• 1870 First Vatican Council Declares Papal Infallibility Catholic dogma affirms the pope's teaching authority The First Vatican Council approved the dogma of papal infallibility on 18 July 1870, holding that the pope cannot err when defining doctrine on faith or morals in his official capacity as head of the Church. The council was suspended weeks later when Italian troops captured Rome. It marked a defining moment in modern Catholic doctrine.
• 1870 – 1871 Franco-Prussian War Fall of the Second Empire The conflict that led to the collapse of Napoleon III's rule and the unification of Germany.
• 1870 Franco-Prussian War Begins France declares war on Prussia France declared war on Prussia on 19 July 1870 after tensions over the Hohenzollern candidacy for the Spanish throne and the Ems Dispatch. The conflict pitted France against Prussia and its German allies. Prussian victories led to the collapse of the French Second Empire within weeks.