Historical Events In 1871

Sep 07   Bay of Biskaje: English warship HMS Captain fired on, 500 killed in the year 1871.  

Sep 07   Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1871.  

Sep 12   Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania on this day in history.  

Sep 12   On this day in history karl Collan, composer, dies at 43  

Sep 13   Alma Kruger, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Made For Each Other) on this day in history.  

Sep 17   Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens in the year 1871.  

Sep 19   In the year 1871 fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert (examined syphilis)  

Sep 20   Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia on this day in history.  

Sep 21   Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier in the year 1871.  

Sep 23   On this day in history alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45  

Sep 23   On this day in history frantisek Kupka, Czech writer  

Sep 25   Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Sep 28   On this day in history pietro Badoglio, Grazzano Monferrato, Italy, General/Libyan Governor (1928-33) and Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44)  

Sep 30   In the year 1871 john Fabricius, Neth/English stageauthor (Ring of Prophet)  

Oct 01   On this day in history general Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht  

Oct 02   Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy in the year 1871.  

Oct 02   On this day in history cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945)  

Oct 03   Stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard) on this day in history.  

Oct 06   On this day in history fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour  

Oct 07   16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters in the year 1871.  

Oct 08   A cow overturns a lantern in a barn, causing the 'Great Fire of Chicago' on this day in history.  

Oct 08   On this day in history gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin  

Oct 08   In the year 1871 great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation  

Oct 09   Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) on this day in history.  

Oct 09   The Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out in the year 1871.  

Oct 11   Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed on this day in history.  

Oct 12   Pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan in the year 1871.  

Oct 13   On this day in history the Delphic Fraternity is founded as the Delphic Society at the State Normal School in Geneseo, New York.  

Oct 14   In the year 1871 alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman)  

Oct 17   Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa on this day in history.  

Oct 17   In the year 1871 president Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus  

Oct 18   On this day in history louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto)  

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Jan 05   In the year 1871 birth of frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) was born in the year 1871.  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1871 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 in the year 1871.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1871.  

Feb 07   On this day in history death of heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797)  

Feb 20   Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) died in the year 1871.  

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

Mar 18   Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806) died in the year 1871.