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| Decades: | 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s (stardates {{{stardates}}}) |
| Centuries: | 18th century - 19th century - 20th century |
Events
- 1870
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- The Detapa Council is formed on Cardassia Prime.[1]
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne published.[2]
- Circa this year, settlers from Peliar Zel settle the planet's moons, Alpha and Beta.[3]
- 1872
- The Mary Celeste is found adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, abandoned.[2]
- 1873
- The Karsid Empire attempts to infiltrate and take over Earth, but are delayed due to resistance from Congressman Aaron Stemple and American President Ulysses S. Grant.[4]
- 1874
- On Zondar, the prophet Ontear predicts the coming of a savior who will bring peace between the Unglza and Eenza.[5]
- 1875
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- The chemical element gallium is discovered by Humans for the first time.[6]
- The primitive spacefaring Andorians encounter a Romulan starship carrying Emperor Vitellus with his vessel around the planet Andor. Though technologically inferior, through sheer luck, the Romulan ship's shields collapse and the Andorians manage to seriously damage the ship with their primitive weaponry.[7]
- Savar writes the precepts that would form the basis for the creation of Vulcan's Offworld Service, of which he would become the first Prefect. Those precepts, which also came to be called "Savar's Prime Directive", posited that the sociopolitical implications of interfering with any alien society before they were ready, even by revealing their existence, was too grave a risk to assume.[8]
- 1877
- The Point Bonita Lighthouse is built in San Francisco on Earth.[9][2]
- 1878
- The chemical elements holmium and ytterbium are discovered by Humans for the first time.[6]
- 1879
- The chemical elements scandium and thulium are discovered by Humans for the first time.[6]
Births and deaths
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1870
- 22 April
- Vladimir Lenin born.[2]
- 9 June
- Charles Dickens dies.[2]
- 14 August
- David Farragut dies.[2]
- 5 December
- Alexandre Dumas dies.[2]
1871
- 10 July
- Marcel Proust born.[2]
- 19 August
- Orville Wright born.[2]
- 30 August
- Ernest Rutherford born.[2]
- 26 October
- Robert Anderson dies.[2]
1872
- 31 January
- Zane Grey born.[2]
1874
- 24 March
- Harry Houdini born.[2]
- 30 November
- Winston Churchill born.[2]
1875
1876
- 12 January
- Jack London born.[2]
- 21 June
- Antonio López de Santa Anna dies.[2]
- 2 August
- Wild Bill Hickok dies.[2]
- 7 August
- Mata Hari born.[2]
1878
- 11 February
- Gideon Welles dies.[2]
- 25 May
- Bill Robinson born.[2]
- 1 June
- John Masefield born.[2]
- 18 December
- Joseph Stalin born.[2]
1879
- 14 March
- Albert Einstein born.[2]
- 3 July
- Alfred Korzybski born.[2]
- 5 July
- Wanda Landowska born.[2]
- 17 August
- Sam Goldwyn born.[2]
- 7 November
- Leon Trotsky born.[2]
Appendices
References and notes
- ↑ Last Unicorn RPG module: All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 Historical fact.
- ↑ ST website: StarTrek.com.
- ↑ TOS novel: Ishmael.
- ↑ NF novel: Martyr.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual.
- ↑ TNG novel: The Devil's Heart.
- ↑ TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky.
- ↑ TOS - Starfleet Academy novel: Cadet Kirk.
Stories
| Title | Series | Date | Media | Notes | Image |
| Martyr "Five hundred years earlier..." |
New Frontier | 1874 | novel | 
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