Page 6: Historical Events In 1871

Sep 08   Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57   

Sep 12   Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania.   

Sep 12   Karl Collan, composer, dies at 43.   

Sep 13   Alma Kruger, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Made For Each Other).   

Sep 17   Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens.   

Sep 19   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 inaugural bishop of Melanesia   

Sep 21   Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier.   

Sep 23   Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45.   

Sep 23   Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer.   

Sep 25   Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies   

Sep 26   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)   

Sep 30   John Fabricius, Neth/English stageauthor (Ring of Prophet).   

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

Oct 02   Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy.   

Oct 02   Cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945)   

Oct 03   Stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

Oct 06   Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour.   

Oct 07   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'.   

Oct 08   Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin.   

Oct 09   Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)   

Oct 09   The Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out.   

Oct 11   Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed.   

Oct 12   Pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan.   

Oct 13   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).   

Oct 17   Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa.   

Oct 17   President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus.   

Oct 18   Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto).   

Oct 19   Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Wisdom of the Body)   

Oct 20   Charles Babbage, English mathematician (calculator), dies at 78   

Oct 20   Frederick Burton, IN, actor (One Way Passage).   

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

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   Charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 10   In the year 1871 birth of enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)   

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

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 in the year 1871.   

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

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

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

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.