Editing 1870

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==Events==
* June 21 - The [[Tianjin Massacre]] of 17 foreigners (mostly European Christian priests and nuns) and 40 Chinese people who had converted to Christianity, takes place in China when an angry mob attacks churches established in the city.
*September 1 to 2 - [[Charles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon III]] is captured at the Battle of Sudan, which ends in a decisive Prussian victory. This results in the fall of the Second French Empire, and the subsequent formation of the Third French Republic.

==Births==
===Villain births===
*January 6 - [[Gustav Bauer]]
*February 24 - [[Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov]]
*April 22 - [[Vladimir Lenin]]
*May 19 - [[Albert Fish]]

==Deaths==
===Villain deaths===
*March 1 - [[Francisco Solano López]]