Historical Events In 1871

Jul 03   In the year 1871 the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company introduced the first narrow-gauge locomotive. It was called the "Montezuma".   

Jul 03   Vicente Arregui Garay, composer in the year 1871.   

Jul 05   On this day in history cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies   

Jul 05   In the year 1871 trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins   

Jul 06   Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34 in the year 1871.   

Jul 08   On this day in history clement Harris, composer   

Jul 10   Marcel Proust, France, novelist (Remembrance of Things Past) in the year 1871.   

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

Jul 11   In the year 1871 stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Farmers' Party)   

Jul 12   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 17   On this day in history karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29   

Jul 17   Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter on this day in history.   

Jul 18   On this day in history giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 22   On this day in history akos Buttykai, composer   

Jul 23   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #114 Kassandra in the year 1871.   

Jul 25   On this day in history carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa   

Jul 25   Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa on this day in history.   

Jul 29   [Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin, mad Russian monk in the year 1871.   

Aug 01   Oskar Fried, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 03   Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928) in the year 1871.   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 18   On this day in history johan J Arch, graphic artist (wood cutter)   

Aug 19   Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers) on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh) on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Theodore Dreiser, US, novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy) in the year 1871.   

Aug 29   In the year 1871 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).   

Aug 30   In the year 1871 ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand physicist and father of nuclear physics   

Sep 03   In the year 1871 vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71   

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

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

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

Jan 12   In the year 1871 birth of paul Guthnick, German astronomer   

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   In the year 1871 pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41   

Jan 21   John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806) died on this day in history.