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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 12   On this day in history 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   Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens in the year 1871.   

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 in the year 1871.   

Sep 21   On this day in history ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier   

Sep 23   Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 in the year 1871.   

Sep 23   In the year 1871 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   On this day in history pietro Badoglio, Grazzano Monferrato, Italy, General/Libyan Governor (1928-33) and Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44)   

Sep 30   John Fabricius, Neth/English stageauthor (Ring of Prophet) on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history general Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht   

Oct 02   Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy in the year 1871.   

Oct 02   On this day in history cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945)   

Oct 03   In the year 1871 stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

Oct 06   Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour on this day in history.   

Oct 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1871 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   Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) in the year 1871.   

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

Oct 11   On this day in history great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed   

Oct 12   Pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 17   In the year 1871 great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa   

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   Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player was born in the year 1871.   

Jan 10   In the year 1871 birth of enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)   

Jan 12   Paul Guthnick, German astronomer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter)   

Jan 15   In the year 1871 birth of bertram Shapleigh, composer   

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

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

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   Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797) died on this day in history.   

Feb 20   In the year 1871 death of paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)   

Feb 26   Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76 in the year 1871.   

Mar 18   On this day in history death of augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)