1871

pCenturies: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s

Years: 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 - 1871 - 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876

Events

January 18 - Wilhelm I of Germany becomes the first German Emperor.
January 28 - France surrenders to end the Franco-Prussian War
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.
August 31 - Adolphe Thiers becomes President of the French Republic
October 8, The Peshtigo, Wisconsin[?] fire, which burned 1,200,000 acres in one day
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.

Paris Commune in aftermath of Franco-Prussian War
Foundation of the German Empire.
Airy[?] discovers astronomical aberration is independent of the local medium.
British Columbia joins the Canadian Confederation.
The Great Chicago Fire
Abolition of the han system in Japan

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

1871 in literature:

Births

January 17 - David Earl Betty of the North Sea and of Brooksby[?], British admiral (+ 1936)
February 4 - Friedrich Ebert, president of the Weimar Republic (+ 1925)
March 5 - Rosa Luxemburg, politician (+ 1919)
March 27 - Heinrich Mann, narrator, dramatist and essayist (+ 1950)
May 6 - Christian Morgenstern, author (+ 1914)
May 27 - Georges Rouault[?], painter and graphic artist (+ 1958)
Grazia Deledda, Sardinian (Italy) writer - Nobel prize for literature (1926)

Deaths

February 20 - Paul Kane, painter
October 18 - Charles Babbage, aged 79, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines

		1871
		pCenturies: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s Years: 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 - 1871 - 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 Events January 18 - Wilhelm I of Germany becomes the first German Emperor. January 28 - France surrenders to end the Franco-Prussian War 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. August 31 - Adolphe Thiers becomes President of the French Republic October 8, The Peshtigo, Wisconsin[?] fire, which burned 1,200,000 acres in one day 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. Paris Commune in aftermath of Franco-Prussian War Foundation of the German Empire. Airy[?] discovers astronomical aberration is independent of the local medium. British Columbia joins the Canadian Confederation. The Great Chicago Fire Abolition of the han system in Japan Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy 1871 in literature: Births January 17 - David Earl Betty of the North Sea and of Brooksby[?], British admiral (+ 1936) February 4 - Friedrich Ebert, president of the Weimar Republic (+ 1925) March 5 - Rosa Luxemburg, politician (+ 1919) March 27 - Heinrich Mann, narrator, dramatist and essayist (+ 1950) May 6 - Christian Morgenstern, author (+ 1914) May 27 - Georges Rouault[?], painter and graphic artist (+ 1958) Grazia Deledda, Sardinian (Italy) writer - Nobel prize for literature (1926) Deaths February 20 - Paul Kane, painter October 18 - Charles Babbage, aged 79, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines
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