May 1869: The British Parliament passes the Capital Punishment within Prisons Bill, thus ending public hanging.
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1870
5 Mar 1870: First ever international Association Football match between England and Scotland at the Oval, London. Organised by the Football Association.
May 1870: The Port Adelaide Football Club plays their first match of Australian rules football at Buck's Flat, Glanville, South Australia.
Oct 1870: Rome becomes the capital of unified Italy.
28 Nov 1870: Anna Gezina Dik is born in Rundeveen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.
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1871
1871: The Constitution of the German Empire abolishes all restrictions on Jewish marriage, choice of occupation, place of residence and property ownership. Exclusion from government employment and discrimination in social relations remain.
18 Jan 1871: The member-states of the North German Federation and the south German states unite into a single nation-state known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany.
Mar 1871: The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
Nov 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, and greets him by saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1867 - 1869 (2 years)
