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   On this day in history friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania  

Sep 12   Karl Collan, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Sep 13   On this day in history alma Kruger, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Made For Each Other)  

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

Sep 19   Fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert (examined syphilis) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1871.  

Sep 21   In the year 1871 ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier  

Sep 23   In the year 1871 alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45  

Sep 23   Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer on this day in history.  

Sep 25   In the year 1871 arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies  

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

Sep 28   Pietro Badoglio, Grazzano Monferrato, Italy, General/Libyan Governor (1928-33) and Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) in the year 1871.  

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

Oct 01   General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht in the year 1871.  

Oct 02   Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy on this day in history.  

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

Oct 03   In the year 1871 stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)  

Oct 06   Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour on this day in history.  

Oct 07   16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters on this day in history.  

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

Oct 08   In the year 1871 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-) in the year 1871.  

Oct 09   The Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out on this day in history.  

Oct 11   In the year 1871 great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed  

Oct 12   On this day in history pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan  

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   Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman) on this day in history.  

Oct 17   On this day in history great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa  

Oct 17   On this day in history president Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus  

Oct 18   Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto) in the year 1871.  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1871 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Bertram Shapleigh, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1871.  

Jan 29   On this day in history death of philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer and Seigneur (b. 1786)  

Feb 01   In the year 1871 alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 26   Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76 in the year 1871.  

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