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   In the year 1871 vicente Arregui Garay, composer   

Jul 05   On this day in history cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies   

Jul 05   In the year 1871 trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins   

Jul 06   In the year 1871 antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34   

Jul 08   Clement Harris, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 10   On this day in history marcel Proust, France, novelist (Remembrance of Things Past)   

Jul 10   On this day in history the birth of Marcel Proust, French psychological novelist   

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

Jul 12   In the year 1871 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.   

Jul 16   Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.   

Jul 17   In the year 1871 karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29   

Jul 17   Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter in the year 1871.   

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

Jul 20   In the year 1871 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   Akos Buttykai, composer in the year 1871.   

Jul 23   In the year 1871 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 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 01   Oskar Fried, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 03   In the year 1871 vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)   

Aug 06   Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer   

Aug 18   In the year 1871 johan J Arch, graphic artist (wood cutter)   

Aug 19   Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers) in the year 1871.   

Aug 21   In the year 1871 leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh)   

Aug 27   Theodore Dreiser, US, novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history 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   Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand physicist and father of nuclear physics in the year 1871.   

Sep 03   On this day in history vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71   

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Jan 05   Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of james Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940)   

Jan 09   In the year 1871 birth of charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player   

Jan 10   Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of paul Guthnick, German astronomer   

Jan 14   Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter) was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 15   In the year 1871 birth of bertram Shapleigh, composer   

Jan 10   Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 in the year 1871.   

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

Jan 29   Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer and Seigneur (b. 1786) died on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1871.   

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