Historical Events In 1871

Jul 03   On this day in history the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company introduced the first narrow-gauge locomotive. It was called the "Montezuma".   

Jul 03   Vicente Arregui Garay, composer in the year 1871.   

Jul 05   In the year 1871 cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies   

Jul 05   On this day in history trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins   

Jul 06   On this day in history antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34   

Jul 08   Clement Harris, composer in the year 1871.   

Jul 10   Marcel Proust, France, novelist (Remembrance of Things Past) on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1871 the birth of Marcel Proust, French psychological novelist   

Jul 11   Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Farmers' Party) on this day in history.   

Jul 12   North America's first public narrow gauge railway, the Toronto and Nipissing, is opened for traffic between Toronto and Uxbridge. The 3'6" gauge line was converted to standard by 1884 on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in the year 1871.   

Jul 17   Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   In the year 1871 lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter   

Jul 18   In the year 1871 giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope)   

Jul 20   On this day in history british Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province   

Jul 20   On this day in history british Columbia is admitted to the Dominion of Canada. One of the conditions of entry is that the Dominion Government should, within two years from the date of union, commence the construction of a railway from the Pacific towards the Rocky Mountains and from a point east of the Rocky Mountains towards the Pacific to connect the seaboard of British Columbia with the railway system of Canada. Sir Sandford Fleming was appointed Engineer-in-Chief of this railway which was to be completed by 1881.   

Jul 22   On this day in history akos Buttykai, composer   

Jul 23   On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroid #114 Kassandra   

Jul 25   Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa in the year 1871.   

Jul 25   Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa in the year 1871.   

Jul 29   [Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin, mad Russian monk in the year 1871.   

Aug 01   On this day in history oskar Fried, composer   

Aug 03   Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928) on this day in history.   

Aug 06   On this day in history emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher   

Aug 08   William Henry Squire, composer in the year 1871.   

Aug 13   Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist (Sparta Party) on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Johan J Arch, graphic artist (wood cutter) on this day in history.   

Aug 19   In the year 1871 orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers)   

Aug 21   Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh) in the year 1871.   

Aug 27   On this day in history theodore Dreiser, US, novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy)   

Aug 29   In the year 1871 emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).   

Aug 30   In the year 1871 ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand physicist and father of nuclear physics   

Sep 03   Vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)   

Jan 08   In the year 1871 birth of james Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940)   

Jan 09   Charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 10   In the year 1871 birth of enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)   

Jan 12   In the year 1871 birth of paul Guthnick, German astronomer   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter)   

Jan 15   Bertram Shapleigh, composer was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 10   Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer and Seigneur (b. 1786) died in the year 1871.   

Feb 01   Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797) died in the year 1871.   

Feb 20   Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) died on this day in history.   

Feb 26   Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Mar 18   In the year 1871 death of augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)