Historical Events In 1871

Sep 07   Bay of Biskaje: English warship HMS Captain fired on, 500 killed on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1871 cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns   

Sep 08   Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens   

Sep 19   On this day in history 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   On this day in history ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier   

Sep 23   In the year 1871 alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45   

Sep 23   On this day in history frantisek Kupka, Czech writer   

Sep 25   On this day in history arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies   

Sep 26   Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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   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   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   In the year 1871 16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters   

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

Oct 08   On this day in history gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin   

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

Oct 09   On this day in history gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)   

Oct 09   The Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out on this day in history.   

Oct 11   Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed on this day in history.   

Oct 12   On this day in history pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan   

Oct 13   In the year 1871 the Delphic Fraternity is founded as the Delphic Society at the State Normal School in Geneseo, New York.   

Oct 14   In the year 1871 alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman)   

Oct 17   On this day in history great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa   

Oct 17   President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus in the year 1871.   

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

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

Jan 07   In the year 1871 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   Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of paul Guthnick, German astronomer   

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

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of bertram Shapleigh, composer   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history 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 in the year 1871.   

Feb 20   Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) died in the year 1871.   

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.