Page 6: Historical Events In 1871

Sep 07   In the year 1871 bay of Biskaje: English warship HMS Captain fired on, 500 killed   

Sep 07   Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns in the year 1871.   

Sep 08   In the year 1871 etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57   

Sep 12   In the year 1871 friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania   

Sep 12   Karl Collan, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Sep 13   In the year 1871 alma Kruger, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Made For Each Other)   

Sep 17   On this day in history mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens   

Sep 19   In the year 1871 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 first bishop of Melanesia on this day in history.   

Sep 21   In the year 1871 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 in the year 1871.   

Sep 25   In the year 1871 arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies   

Sep 26   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Sep 30   On this day in history john Fabricius, Neth/English stageauthor (Ring of Prophet)   

Oct 01   General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht on this day in history.   

Oct 02   Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy on this day in history.   

Oct 02   In the year 1871 cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945)   

Oct 03   On this day in history stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

Oct 06   On this day in history fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour   

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' on this day in history.   

Oct 08   On this day in history 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-) in the year 1871.   

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

Oct 11   In the year 1871 great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed   

Oct 12   In the year 1871 pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan   

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   Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa in the year 1871.   

Oct 17   In the year 1871 president Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus   

Oct 18   Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto) on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1871 birth of charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player   

Jan 10   Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) was born in the year 1871.   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1871 birth of pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter)   

Jan 15   Bertram Shapleigh, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 29   In the year 1871 death of philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer and Seigneur (b. 1786)   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1871.