1871

Years: 1868 1869 1870 - 1871 - 1872 1873 1874
Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1871 in art 1871 in literature 1871 in music 1871 in science 1871 in sports 1871 in Canada List of state leaders in 1871 List of religious leaders in 1871

Table of contents

1 Events

1.1 January
1.2 February
1.3 March
1.4 April
1.5 May
1.6 June
1.7 July
1.8 August
1.9 September
1.10 October
1.11 November
1.12 December
1.13 Undated

2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

March 22 - In North Carolina, William Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
March 21 - Marriage of Princess Louise of the United Kingdom to John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, whose father, the 8th Duke of Argyll, is the serving Secretary of State for India
March 26 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
March 29 - The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.

May 11 - First trial of the case of Tichborne Claimant begins in the London Court of Common Pleas.
May 20 - Paris Commune crushed by government forces
May 30 - The Paris Commune is suppressed by the armed forces of the French Third Republic.

October 8 - Great Chicago Fire: A large fire in Chicago, Illinois preempts news reporting of the Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire, burns 1,200,000 acres (4,900 km²) in one day, eventually destroys about 17,450 buildings, kills about 250 people and leaves another 90,000 homeless. It is brought under control the next day.
October 8 - The Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire, which burned 1,200,000 acres (4,900 km²) in one day
October 20 - The Royal Regiment of Artillery formed the first regular Canadian army units when they created two batteries of garrison artillery which eventually became The Royal Canadian Artillery.
October 27 the Comte de Chambord refuses to be crowned 'King Henry V of France' until France abandons its tricolour and returns to the old bourbon flag.

November 10 - Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, and greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
November 17 - The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.

January 17 - David Earl Betty of the North Sea and of Brooksby, British admiral (d. 1936)
January 30 - Wilfred Lucas, actor (d. 1940)
February 4 - Friedrich Ebert, president of the Weimar Republic (d. 1925)
March 5 - Rosa Luxemburg, politician (d. 1919)
March 27 - Heinrich Mann, narrator, dramatist and essayist (d. 1950)
May 6 - Christian Morgenstern, author (d. 1914)
May 27 - Georges Rouault, painter and graphic artist (d. 1958)
August 19 - Orville Wright of the Wright brothers, American co-inventor of the airplane
August 29 - Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)
September 27 - Grazia Deledda, Sardinian writer - Nobel prize (d. 1936)
December 9 - Joe Kelley, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1943)
December 13 - Emily Carr, Canadian writer
Richard Turner, Canadian lieutenant of the of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, awarded with the Victoria Cross for bravery during the Second Boer War.
Guangxu, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China.

February 20 - Paul Kane, painter
September 23 - Louis-Joseph Papineau, aged 85, Canadian politician and former leader of the Patriotes Rebellion.
October 18 - Charles Babbage, aged 79, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines.