established, by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire. March – The Mitsubishi Company is established in Japan as a shipping firm, by Iwasaki Yatarō with Thomas Blake Glover. March 1 – Battle of Cerro Corá, Paraguay: Marshal Francisco Solano López's last troops are cornered by those of the Triple Alliance. López refuses to surrender and is killed, ending the Paraguayan War. March 4 – Red River Rebellion: Thomas Scott is executed by Louis Riel's provisional government, in modern-day Manitoba, Canada. March 5 – The first ever international Association football match, England v Scotland, takes place under the auspices of the Football Association at The Oval, London. March 10 – Deutsche Bank is founded in Berlin. March 18 – Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870, passed in British India. March 19 – The Ohio Legislature passes the Cannon Act, thereby establishing the Ohio Agriculture and Mechanical College, later Ohio State University. March 24 – Syracuse University is established in New York (state) and officially opens. March 30 The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving African American men the right to vote, is ratified. Reconstruction: Texas is readmitted to the Union. March 31 – Thomas Mundy Peterson is the first African American to vote in an election. April–June April 11 – A 7.3 earthquake shakes the Chinese county of Batang causing a fire that leaves about 5,000 dead. April 13 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art was established. April 27 – Antonio Guzmán Blanco begins his first term as President of Venezuela. April 29 – The Chicago Base Ball Club, later to be known as the Chicago White Stockings and ultimately the Chicago Cubs, play their first game against the St. Louis Unions of the National Association of Base Ball Players, an amateur league. May 12 The Canadian province of Manitoba is created, in response to Louis Riel's Red River Rebellion. The Port Adelaide Football Club is founded. May 14 – The first rugby match is played in New Zealand, between the Nelson Football Club and Nelson College. June 8 – The final splice on the first telegraph submarine cable between Great Britain and India is made. June 9 – English novelist Charles Dickens dies at Gads Hill Place in Kent, leaving his last book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. June 21 – The Tianjin Massacre of 17 foreigners (mostly European Christian priests and nuns) and 40 Chinese