Historical Events In 1871

Jul 03   On this day in history the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company introduced the first narrow-gauge locomotive. It was called the "Montezuma".   

Jul 03   On this day in history vicente Arregui Garay, composer   

Jul 05   Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins in the year 1871.   

Jul 06   Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Clement Harris, composer in the year 1871.   

Jul 10   In the year 1871 marcel Proust, France, novelist (Remembrance of Things Past)   

Jul 10   On this day in history the birth of Marcel Proust, French psychological novelist   

Jul 11   Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Farmers' Party) on this day in history.   

Jul 12   In the year 1871 north America's first public narrow gauge railway, the Toronto and Nipissing, is opened for traffic between Toronto and Uxbridge. The 3'6" gauge line was converted to standard by 1884.   

Jul 16   On this day in history tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln   

Jul 17   Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1871.   

Jul 17   Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter in the year 1871.   

Jul 18   Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope) in the year 1871.   

Jul 20   British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province on this day in history.   

Jul 20   British Columbia is admitted to the Dominion of Canada. One of the conditions of entry is that the Dominion Government should, within two years from the date of union, commence the construction of a railway from the Pacific towards the Rocky Mountains and from a point east of the Rocky Mountains towards the Pacific to connect the seaboard of British Columbia with the railway system of Canada. Sir Sandford Fleming was appointed Engineer-in-Chief of this railway which was to be completed by 1881 in the year 1871.   

Jul 22   Akos Buttykai, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 23   In the year 1871 c H F Peters discovers asteroid #114 Kassandra   

Jul 25   Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa in the year 1871.   

Jul 29   On this day in history [Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin, mad Russian monk   

Aug 01   In the year 1871 oskar Fried, composer   

Aug 03   On this day in history vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)   

Aug 06   Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher on this day in history.   

Aug 08   In the year 1871 william Henry Squire, composer   

Aug 13   Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist (Sparta Party) in the year 1871.   

Aug 16   Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer in the year 1871.   

Aug 18   Johan J Arch, graphic artist (wood cutter) in the year 1871.   

Aug 19   Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers) in the year 1871.   

Aug 21   On this day in history leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh)   

Aug 27   On this day in history theodore Dreiser, US, novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy)   

Aug 29   Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand physicist and father of nuclear physics in the year 1871.   

Sep 03   On this day in history vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)   

Jan 08   In the year 1871 birth of james Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940)   

Jan 09   In the year 1871 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter) was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 15   Bertram Shapleigh, composer was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 10   Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 in the year 1871.   

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

Jan 29   Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer and Seigneur (b. 1786) died in the year 1871.   

Feb 01   On this day in history alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51   

Feb 07   In the year 1871 death of heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797)   

Feb 20   In the year 1871 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   In the year 1871 death of augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)