Page 6: 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 in the year 1871.   

Sep 08   Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1871.   

Sep 12   Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania in the year 1871.   

Sep 12   On this day in history karl Collan, composer, dies at 43   

Sep 13   Alma Kruger, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Made For Each Other) in the year 1871.   

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   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   Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78   

Sep 28   In the year 1871 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) in the year 1871.   

Oct 01   In the year 1871 general Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht   

Oct 02   On this day in history 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) in the year 1871.   

Oct 06   Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour in the year 1871.   

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

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

Oct 08   In the year 1871 gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin   

Oct 08   Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1871 the Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out.   

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   Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman) in the year 1871.   

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   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 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   In the year 1871 john J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73   

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

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   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.