Page 6: Historical Events In 1871

Sep 07   Bay of Biskaje: English warship HMS Captain fired on, 500 killed on this day in history.   

Sep 07   On this day in history cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns   

Sep 08   In the year 1871 etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57   

Sep 12   In the year 1871 friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania   

Sep 12   In the year 1871 karl Collan, composer, dies at 43   

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

Sep 17   On this day in history mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens   

Sep 19   Fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert (examined syphilis) in the year 1871.   

Sep 20   On this day in history 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.   

Sep 21   On this day in history ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier   

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

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

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   Pietro Badoglio, Grazzano Monferrato, Italy, General/Libyan Governor (1928-33) and Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 01   General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht on this day in history.   

Oct 02   In the year 1871 brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy   

Oct 02   In the year 1871 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   In the year 1871 fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour   

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

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

Oct 08   Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   On this day in history gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)   

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

Oct 11   Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed in the year 1871.   

Oct 12   Pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1871.   

Oct 17   President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus in the year 1871.   

Oct 18   In the year 1871 louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto)   

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

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

Jan 08   James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940) was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player   

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

Jan 12   Paul Guthnick, German astronomer was born in the year 1871.   

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 in the year 1871.   

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   In the year 1871 death of heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797)   

Feb 20   On this day in history death of paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)   

Feb 26   On this day in history charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76   

Mar 18   On this day in history death of augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)