1871 - What happened in 1871 ?

January 1871

Monday 02:

Amadeus I becomes King of Spain.

Wednesday 18:

Wilhelm I of Germany becomes the first German Emperor.

Saturday 28:

Franco-Prussian War: France surrenders, ending the war.

March 1871

Saturday 18:

President of the French government Thiers orders evacuation of Paris, a socialist government rules the city.

Tuesday 21:

Journalist Henry Morton Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.

Wednesday 22:

In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.

Monday 27:

First international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.

Wednesday 29:

The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.

May 1871

Thursday 04:

The National Association, the first professional baseball league, begins its first season.

Sunday 21:

French Government troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week" some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.

Tuesday 30:

The Paris Commune falls.

June 1871

Tuesday 13:

In Labrador, a hurricane kills 300 people.

Friday 16:

University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.

July 1871

Thursday 20:

British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.

August 1871

Tuesday 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).

September 1871

Thursday 28:

Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves.

October 1871

Saturday 07:

1871 - 16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters.

Sunday 08:

The Holland Fire destroys at least two towns.

Monday 09:

The Great Chicago Fire is brought under control.

November 1871

Wednesday 01:

The Stamford to Bourne, Lincolnshire turnpike road was freed from tolls.

Friday 10:

Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"