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   In the year 1871 cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns   

Sep 08   On this day in history etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1871.   

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   Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer on this day in history.   

Sep 25   On this day in history arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies   

Sep 26   In the year 1871 philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78   

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 in the year 1871.   

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

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

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

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

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

Oct 08   In the year 1871 a cow overturns a lantern in a barn, causing the 'Great Fire of Chicago'   

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

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

Oct 09   In the year 1871 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 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   Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman) on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956) was born in the year 1871.   

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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 07   Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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