Events
January–March
*
January 3 –
Franco-Prussian War –
Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
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January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
–
Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the
North German Confederation
The North German Confederation (german: Norddeutscher Bund) was initially a German military alliance established in August 1866 under the leadership of the Kingdom of Prussia, which was transformed in the subsequent year into a confederated st ...
and the south German states, aside from Austria, unite into a single
nation state
A nation state is a political unit where the state and nation are congruent. It is a more precise concept than "country", since a country does not need to have a predominant ethnic group.
A nation, in the sense of a common ethnicity, may i ...
, known as the
German Empire. The
King of Prussia
The monarchs of Prussia were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy had evolved out of the Teutonic Order, a Roman C ...
is declared the first
German Emperor
The German Emperor (german: Deutscher Kaiser, ) was the official title of the head of state and hereditary ruler of the German Empire. A specifically chosen term, it was introduced with the 1 January 1871 constitution and lasted until the offi ...
as
Wilhelm I of Germany
William I or Wilhelm I (german: Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and German Emperor from 18 January 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the f ...
, in the
Hall of Mirrors
The Hall of Mirrors (french: Grande Galerie, Galerie des Glaces, Galerie de Louis XIV) is a grand Baroque style gallery and one of the most emblematic rooms in the royal Palace of Versailles near Paris, France. The grandiose ensemble of the hal ...
at the
Palace of Versailles.
Constitution of the German Confederation
The Constitution of the German Confederation or German Federal Act (german: Deutsche Bundesakte) was the constitution enacted the day before the Congress of Vienna's Final Act, which established the German Confederation of 39 states, created fr ...
comes into effect. It abolishes all restrictions on Jewish marriage, choice of occupation, place of residence, and property ownership, but exclusion from government employment and discrimination in social relations remain in effect.
*
January 21
Events Pre-1600
* 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.
* 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when ...
–
Giuseppe Garibaldi's group of French and Italian volunteer troops, in support of the
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 19 ...
, win a battle against the Prussians in the
Battle of Dijon.
*
February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
*1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
* 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...
–
1871 French legislative election
Legislative elections were held in France on 8 February 1871 to elect the first legislature of the French Third Republic, the unicameral National Assembly. The elections were held during a situation of crisis in the country, as following the Fra ...
elects the first legislature of the
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 19 ...
; monarchists (
Legitimists
The Legitimists (french: Légitimistes) are royalists who adhere to the rights of dynastic succession to the French crown of the descendants of the eldest branch of the Bourbon dynasty, which was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution. They r ...
and
Orleanists) favourable to peace with the
German Empire gain a large majority. The
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
meets in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
.
*
February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
*1539 – The first recorded race is held ...
– The United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries is founded.
*
February 21
Events Pre-1600
*452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine.
* 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
*1440 – The Pru ...
– The
District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and established a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia. Though Congre ...
is signed into law by U.S. President
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
.
*
February 24 – The
Danish Women's Society
The Danish Women's Society or DWS ( da, Dansk Kvindesamfund) is Denmark's oldest women's rights organization. It was founded in 1871 by activist Matilde Bajer and her husband Fredrik Bajer; Fredrik was a Member of Parliament and the 1908 Nobel Pea ...
is founded to promote women's rights in Denmark; on December 15 it adopts the style ''Dansk Kvindesamfund''.
*
March 3
Events Pre-1600
* 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
* 1575 & ...
– The first American civil service reform legislation is signed into law by U.S. President
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
, creating the
United States Civil Service Commission
The United States Civil Service Commission was a government agency of the federal government of the United States and was created to select employees of federal government on merit rather than relationships. In 1979, it was dissolved as part of t ...
.
*
March 7 –
José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco
José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (16 March 1819 – 1 November 1880), was a Brazilian politician, monarchist, diplomat, teacher and journalist. Rio Branco was born in Salvador, in what was then the Captaincy of Bahi ...
, becomes Prime Minister of the
Empire of Brazil
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay. Its government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Dom ...
, serving for four years.
*
March 18
Events Pre-1600
* 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10.
* 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...
– Origin of the
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune (french: Commune de Paris, ) was a revolutionary government that seized power in Paris, the capital of France, from 18 March to 28 May 1871.
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended ...
: Troops of the regular
French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed Force ...
, sent by
Adolphe Thiers, ''Chef du pouvoir executive de la République française'', to seize cannons stored on the hill of
Montmartre
Montmartre ( , ) is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank. The historic district established by the City of Paris in 1995 is bordered by Rue Ca ...
, fraternise with civilians and the
National Guard
National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards.
Nat ...
, and two army generals are killed. Regular troops are evacuated to
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, ...
.
*
March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
**
Otto von Bismarck becomes the first
Chancellor of the German Empire
The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany,; often shortened to ''Bundeskanzler''/''Bundeskanzlerin'', / is the head of the federal government of Germany and the commander in chief of the G ...
.
**
John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (whose father, the
8th Duke of Argyll
George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847), was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his ten ...
, is the serving
Secretary of State for India
His (or Her) Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for India, known for short as the India Secretary or the Indian Secretary, was the British Cabinet minister and the political head of the India Office responsible for the governance of th ...
), marries
Princess Louise.
*
March 22
Events Pre-1600
* 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.
* 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century.
* 871 – Æthelr ...
** In
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
,
William Holden
William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor, and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film ''Stalag 17'' (1953) ...
becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by
impeachment.
** The
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...
issues an order for the abandonment of
Fort Kearny
Fort Kearny was a historic outpost of the United States Army founded in 1848 in the western U.S. during the middle and late 19th century. The fort was named after Col. and later General Stephen Watts Kearny. The outpost was located along the Or ...
,
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
.
*
March 26
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
*1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, ...
– The
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune (french: Commune de Paris, ) was a revolutionary government that seized power in Paris, the capital of France, from 18 March to 28 May 1871.
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended ...
is formally established in France.
*
March 27
Events Pre-1600
*1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
* 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
– The first
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
International results in a 1–0 win, by Scotland over England.
*
March 29
Events Pre-1600
* 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
* 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of ...
** The first
Surgeon General of the United States (
John Maynard Woodworth) is appointed.
** The
Royal Albert Hall in London is opened by
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
; it incorporates a
grand organ
Grand may refer to:
People with the name
* Grand (surname)
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
* Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist
* Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper
Places
* Grand, Oklahoma
* Grand, Vosges, village and comm ...
by
Henry Willis & Sons
Henry Willis & Sons is a British firm of pipe organ builders founded in 1845. Although most of their installations have been in the UK, examples can be found in other countries.
Five generations of the Willis family served as principals of th ...
, the world's largest at this time.
April–June
*
April
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days.
April is commonly associated with ...
– The
Stockholms Handelsbank is founded.
*
April 4 – The New Jersey Detective Agency is chartered, and the
New Jersey State Detectives
The New Jersey State Detectives are commissioned by the Governor of New Jersey as police detectives with statewide jurisdiction. All are members of the historic New Jersey Detective Agency (also referred to as the New Jersey State Detective Agenc ...
are initiated.
*
April 10
Events Pre-1600
* 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
* 140 ...
– In
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
,
P.T. Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum (; July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and politician, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017) with James Anthony Bailey. He was ...
opens his three-ring
circus
A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclis ...
, hailing it as "''The Greatest Show on Earth''".
*
April 20
Events Pre-1600
* 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.
1601–1900
*1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament.
*1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys ...
– U.S. President
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
signs the
Civil Rights Act of 1871
The Enforcement Act of 1871 (), also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, Third Enforcement Act, Third Ku Klux Klan Act, Civil Rights Act of 1871, or Force Act of 1871, is an Act of the United States Congress which empowered the President to suspend ...
.
*
April 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
*1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...
– Servant girl
Jane Clouson is murdered in
Eltham
Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of E ...
, England.
*
May 4
Events Pre-1600
* 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''.
* 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus ar ...
– The first supposedly
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
game is played in America.
*
May 8 – The first Major League Baseball home run is hit by
Ezra Sutton
Ezra Ballou Sutton (September 17, 1849 – June 20, 1907) was an American third baseman in the National Association and Major League Baseball from 1871 to 1888. Sutton collected 1,574 hits during this time period; he had a lifetime batting averag ...
, of the
Cleveland Forest Citys
The Forest Citys were a short lived professional baseball team based in Cleveland in the early 1870s. The actual name of the team, as shown in standings, was Forest City, not "Cleveland". The name "Forest Citys" was used in the same generic styl ...
.
*
May 10 – The
Treaty of Frankfurt The Treaty of Frankfurt may refer to one of three treaties signed at Frankfurt, as follows:
* Treaty of Frankfurt (1489) - Treaty between Maximilian of Austria and the envoys of King Charles VIII of France
*Treaty of Frankfurt (1539) - Initiated ...
is signed, confirming the frontiers between Germany and France. The provinces of
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
and
Lorraine
Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ...
are transferred from France to Germany.
*
May 11 – The first trial in the
Tichborne case
The Tichborne case was a legal ''cause célèbre'' that captivated Victorian England in the 1860s and 1870s. It concerned the claims by a man sometimes referred to as Thomas Castro or as Arthur Orton, but usually termed "the Claimant", to be t ...
begins, in the London
Court of Common Pleas
A court of common pleas is a common kind of court structure found in various common law jurisdictions. The form originated with the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, which was created to permit individuals to press civil grievances against one ...
.
*
May 21
Events Pre-1600
* 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as ''Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
* 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabi ...
** French government troops enter Paris to overthrow the Commune, beginning "Bloody Week" (''
Semaine sanglante
The ''semaine sanglante'' ("") was a weeklong battle in Paris from 21 to 28 May 1871, during which the French Army recaptured the city from the Paris Commune. This was the final battle of the Paris Commune.
Following the Treaty of Frankfurt ...
'').
** The first
rack railway
A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with th ...
in Europe, the
Vitznau–Rigi Railway on
Mount Rigi
The Rigi (or ''Mount Rigi''; also known as ''Queen of the Mountains'') is a mountain massif of the Alps, located in Central Switzerland. The whole massif is almost entirely surrounded by the water of three different bodies of water: Lake Lucerne ...
in Switzerland, is opened.
*
May 27 – French government troops massacre 147
Communards
The Communards () were members and supporters of the short-lived 1871 Paris Commune formed in the wake of the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.
After the suppression of the Commune by the French Army in May 1871, 43,000 Communards w ...
from Belleville, at
Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
*
May 28
Events Pre-1600
*585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from ...
–
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune (french: Commune de Paris, ) was a revolutionary government that seized power in Paris, the capital of France, from 18 March to 28 May 1871.
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended ...
falls to French government forces.
*
June 1
Events Pre-1600
*1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
* 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed k ...
–
Bombardment of the Selee River Forts
The Battle of Ganghwa was fought during the conflict between Joseon and the United States in 1871. In May, an expedition of five Asiatic Squadron warships set sail from Japan to Korea in order to establish trade relations, ensure the safety ...
: Koreans attack two United States Navy warships.
*
June 10
Events Pre-1600
* 671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock ( clepsydra) called ''Rokoku''. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
*1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I ...
–
United States expedition to Korea
The United States expedition to Korea, known in Korea as the ''Shinmiyangyo'' () or simply the Korean Expedition, was the first American military action in Korea and took place predominantly on and around Ganghwa Island in 1871.
The reason fo ...
: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 members of the
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...
in a punitive naval attack on the
Han River forts on
Ganghwa Island
Ganghwa Island (Hangul ; Hanja ), also known by its native name Ganghwado, is a South Korean island in the estuary of the Han River. It is in the Yellow Sea, off Korea's west coast. The island is separated from Gimpo (on the South Korean mainlan ...
in Korea, resulting in 250 Koreans dying and diplomatic failure to "open up" Korea.
*
June 18
Events Pre-1600
* 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
* 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
* 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about ...
– The
Universities Tests Act 1871
The Universities Tests Act 1871 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished religious "Tests" and allowed Roman Catholics, non-conformists and non-Christians to take up professorships, fellowships, studentships and other ...
removes restrictions limiting access to
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
,
Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...
and
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham
*County Durham, an English county
* Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...
universities to members of the
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...
.
*
June 29
Events Pre-1600
* 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
*1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
* 1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...
–
Trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...
s are legalized in the United Kingdom by the
Trade Union Act 1871
The Trade Union Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vicc 31 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which legalised trade unions for the first time in the United Kingdom. This was one of the founding pieces of legislation in UK labour law, though it has ...
.
July–September
*
July 13
Events Pre-1600
* 1174 – William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
* 1249 – Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.
*1260 – The Livon ...
– The first cat exhibition is held at the
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace may refer to:
Places Canada
* Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick
* Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario
* Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building ...
of
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
.
*
July 20
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
* 792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defea ...
**
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
joins the
confederation
A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ...
of
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
.
**
C. W. Alcock
Charles William Alcock (2 December 1842 – 26 February 1907) was an English sportsman, administrator, author and editor. He was a major instigator in the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of ...
proposes that "a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with
the Association
The Association is an American sunshine pop band from California. During the late 1960s, the band had numerous hits at or near the top of the ''Billboard'' charts (including " Windy", " Cherish", " Never My Love" and "Along Comes Mary") and ...
", giving birth to the
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
for
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
in England.
*
July 21
Events Pre-1600
* 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.
* 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became t ...
–
August 26
Events Pre-1600
* 683 – Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah.
*1071 – The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most ...
– The first ever photographs of
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowst ...
region are taken by photographer
William Henry Jackson
William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 – June 30, 1942) was an American photographer, Civil War veteran, painter, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of Am ...
, during the
Hayden Geological Survey of 1871
The Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 explored the region of northwestern Wyoming that later became Yellowstone National Park in 1872. It was led by geologist Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden. The 1871 survey was not Hayden's first, but it was the first ...
.
*
July 22
Events Pre-1600
* 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
*1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...
– The foundation stone of the first
Tay Rail Bridge
The Tay Bridge ( gd, Drochaid-rèile na Tatha) carries the railway across the Firth of Tay in Scotland between Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife. Its span is . It is the second bridge to occupy the site.
Plans for a bridge over the Tay t ...
is laid; the bridge collapses in a storm eight years later.
*
July 28
Events Pre-1600
*1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
*1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, Thom ...
– The ''Annie'' becomes the first boat ever launched on
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone Lake is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park. The lake is above sea level and covers with of shoreline. While the average depth of the lake is , its greatest depth is at least . Yellowstone Lake is the largest fre ...
, in the Yellowstone National Park region.
*
August 7
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Co ...
– Banco de Concepcion, as predecessor of
Itau Unibanco, major
financial services in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...
, founded in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
.
*
August 9
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
* 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...
– One of the few known
major hurricane
Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...
s to strike what becomes the US state of
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
causes significant damage on
Hawai'i
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only ...
and
Maui.
*
August 29
Events Pre-1600
* 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
* 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine M ...
– The
abolition of the han system is carried out in Japan.
*
August 31
Events Pre-1600
* 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
* 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year ...
–
Adolphe Thiers becomes President of the French Republic.
*
September 2
Events
Pre-1600
* 44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
* 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of the ...
–
Whaling Disaster of 1871: The ''Comet'', a
brig used by whalers, becomes the first of 33 ships to be crushed in the Arctic ice by an early freeze. Remarkably, all 1,219 people on the abandoned ships are rescued without a single loss of life.
*
September 3
Events Pre-1600
*36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
* 301 – San Marino, one of the ...
– New York City residents, tired of the corruption of the "
Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789 as the Tammany Society. It became the main loc ...
" political machine and "Boss"
William M. Tweed
William Magear Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878), often erroneously referred to as William "Marcy" Tweed (see below), and widely known as "Boss" Tweed, was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany ...
, its "Grand Sachem", meet to form the '
Committee of Seventy
The Committee of Seventy is an independent, non-partisan advocate for better government in Philadelphia that works to achieve clean and effective government, better elections, and informed and engaged citizens. Founded in 1904, it is a nonprofit ...
' to reform local politics.
October–December
*
October 5
Events Pre-1600
* 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
* 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
* 869 – The Fourth Coun ...
– The ''Società degli Spettroscopisti Italiani'' (now ''Società Astronomica Italiana'') was established in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, the first scientific organisation in the world dedicated to
astrophysics.
*
October 8
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.
* 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
* 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger preven ...
– Four major fires break out on the shores of
Lake Michigan in
Chicago
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, subdivision_name ...
;
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Peshtigo ( ) is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,420 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census The city is surrounded by the Peshtigo (town), Wisconsin, Town of Peshtigo ...
;
Holland, Michigan
Holland is a city in the western region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on Lake Macatawa, which is fed by the Macatawa River (formerly known locally as the Black Ri ...
; and
Manistee, Michigan
Manistee ( ') is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in southwestern Manistee County, it is part of the northwestern Lower Peninsula. Manistee is the county seat of Manistee County, and its population was 6,259 at the 2020 census. Th ...
. The
Great Chicago Fire
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 10 ...
is the most famous of these, leaving nearly 100,000 people homeless, although the
Peshtigo Fire kills as many as 2,500 people, making it the deadliest in United States history.
*
October 11
Events Pre-1600
*1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
*1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
* 1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of Engl ...
–
Heinrich Schliemann
Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and pioneer in the field of archaeology. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeolog ...
begins the
excavation of
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...
.
*
October 12
Events Pre-1600
* 539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
* 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance u ...
– The
Criminal Tribes Act
Since the 1870s, various pieces of colonial legislation in India during British rule were collectively called the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA), which criminalized entire communities by designating them as habitual criminals. Under these acts, ethni ...
is enacted by the
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
*
* it is also called Crown rule in India,
*
*
*
*
or Direct rule in India,
* Quote: "Mill, who was him ...
in India, naming over 160 communities as "Denotified Tribes", allegedly habitually criminal (it will be repealed in 1949, after Indian independence).
* October 20 – The Royal Regiment of Artillery forms the first regular Canadian army units, when they create two Artillery battery, batteries of garrison artillery, which later become the Royal Canadian Artillery.
* October 24 – Chinese massacre of 1871. In Los Angeles' Chinatown, Los Angeles, Chinatown, 18 China, Chinese immigrants are killed by a mob of 500 men.
* October 26 – Liberian President Edward James Roye is deposed in a coup d'état.
* October 27
** British forces march into the Griqualand West#Diggers Republic (1870–71), Klipdrift Republic and annex the territory as Griqualand West#Direct British rule (1871–1880), Griqualand West Colony.
** Henri, Count of Chambord, refuses to be crowned "King Henry V of France" until France abandons its tricolor, and returns to the old Bourbon flag.
** Boss Tweed of
Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789 as the Tammany Society. It became the main loc ...
is arrested for bribery, ending his grip on New York City.
* c. November – The South Improvement Company is formed in Pennsylvania by John D. Rockefeller and a group of major United States railroad interests, in an early effort to organize and control the American petroleum industry.
* November 5 – Wickenburg Massacre: Six men travelling by stagecoach, in the Arizona Territory, are reportedly murdered by Yavapai people.
* November 7 – The London–Australia telegraph cable is brought ashore at Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin.
* November 10 – Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born correspondent for the ''New York Herald'', locates missing Scottish explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, and greets him by saying, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
* November 17
** The National Rifle Association of America is granted a charter by the state of New York.
** George Biddell Airy presents his discovery that astronomical aberration is independent of the local medium.
* December 10 – German chancellor
Otto von Bismarck tries to ban Catholic Church, Catholics from the political stage, by introducing harsh laws concerning the separation of church and state.
* December 15 – The Deseret Telegraph Company office in Pipe Spring National Monument, Pipe Spring begins service with a message keyed by Ella Stewart Udall, Ella Stewart. It is the first telegraph sent from Arizona Territory.
* December 19 – The city of Birmingham, Alabama, is incorporated with the merger of three existing towns.
* December 24 – The opera ''Aida'' opens in Cairo, Egypt.
* December 25 – Reading F.C. is formed as an
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club in England.
* December 26 – Thespis (opera), ''Thespis'', the first of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, premières. It does modestly well, but the two composers will not collaborate again for four years.
Date unknown
* In South Africa
** Gold is discovered at Pilgrim's Creek in the Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga, Pilgrim's Rest area.
** An diamond is discovered, resulting in a diamond rush, and the town of Kimberley, Northern Cape, New Rush springs up; Colonial Commissioners arrive there on November 17.
* The Harvard Summer School is founded.
* Continental AG is founded as ''Continental-Caoutchouc und Gutta-Percha Compagnie'' in Hanover, Germany, on 8th October.
* The Shinto shrine of Izumo-taisha in Japan is designated as an Imperial shrine.
* Modern "neoclassical economics" is initiated by publication of William Stanley Jevons's ''Theory of Political Economy'' and Carl Menger's ''Principles of Economics (Menger), Principles of Economics (Grundsätze der Volkswirtschaftslehre)''.
Births
January–February
![Ernst Stromer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Ernst_Stromer.jpg)
* January 1 – Manuel Gondra, Paraguayan author and journalist, 21st President of Paraguay (d. 1927)
* January 7 – Émile Borel, French mathematician, politician (d. 1956)
* January 17 – David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, British admiral (d. 1936)
* January 30 – Wilfred Lucas, Canadian-born actor (d. 1940)
* February 4 – Friedrich Ebert, President of Germany (d. 1925)
*
February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
*1539 – The first recorded race is held ...
– Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (d. 1910)
* February 18 – Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948)
* February 27 – Otto Praeger, American postal official, implemented U.S. Airmail (d. 1948)
* February 28 – Manuel Díaz Rodríguez, Venezuelan writer and politician (d. 1927)
March–April
* March 1 – Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (d. 1938)
* March 4 – Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (d. 1945)
* March 5 – Rosa Luxemburg, German politician (d. 1919)
* March 6 – Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer, professor, politician and 3-time Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1937)
* March 12 – Kitty Marion, German-born actress and women's rights activist in England and the United States (d. 1944)
* March 15 – Constantin Argetoianu, 41st Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1955)
* March 17 – Konstantinos Pallis, Greek general (d. 1941)
* March 19 – Schofield Haigh, English cricketer (d. 1921)
* March 24 – Birdie Blye, American pianist (d. 1935)
*
March 27
Events Pre-1600
*1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
* 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
– Heinrich Mann, German writer (d. 1950)
* March 31 – Arthur Griffith, President of Ireland (d. 1922)
*
April 4 – Luke McNamee, American admiral (d. 1952)
* April 8 – Clarence Hudson White, American photographer (d. 1925)
* April 12 – Ioannis Metaxas, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1941)
* April 13 – Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian author, Roman Catholic archbishop and blessed (d. 1927)
* April 15 – Jonathan Zenneck, German physicist, electrical engineer (d. 1959)
May–June
* May 2 – Francis P. Duffy, Canadian-born American Catholic priest (d. 1932)
* May 6
** Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1935)
** Christian Morgenstern, German author (d. 1914)
* May 7 – Gyula Károlyi, 29th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1947)
*
May 27 – Georges Rouault, French painter, graphic artist (d. 1958)
* June 5 – Nicolae Iorga, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1940)
* June 11 – Walter Cowan, British admiral (d. 1956)
* June 12 – Ernst Stromer, German paleontologist (d. 1952)
* June 14 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (d. 1946)
* June 17 – James Weldon Johnson, American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter and early civil rights activist (d. 1938)
*
June 18
Events Pre-1600
* 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
* 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
* 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about ...
– Edmund Breese, American actor (d. 1936)
* June 23 – Jantina Tammes, Dutch plant biologist (d. 1947)
* June 26 – Reginald R. Belknap, United States Navy rear admiral (d. 1959)
July–August
![Pietro Badoglio 3](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Pietro_Badoglio_3.jpg)
* July 5 – Claus Schilling, German medical researcher and war criminal (d. 1946)
* July 10 – Marcel Proust, French writer (d. 1922)
* July 17 – Lyonel Feininger, German painter (d. 1956)
* July 18 – Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (d. 1946)
* July 25 – Richard Ernest William Turner, Canadian soldier (d. 1961)
* August 1 – John Lester, American cricketer (d. 1969)
* August 3 – Oldest people, Augusta Holtz, Polish-American supercentenarian, last surviving person born in 1871 (d. 1986)
* August 12 – Gustavs Zemgals, 2nd President of Latvia (d. 1939)
* August 13 – Karl Liebknecht, German politician (d. 1919)
* August 14 – Guangxu Emperor of China (d. 1908)
* August 19
** Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer, co-inventor of the airplane with brother Wilbur (d. 1948)
** Joseph E. Widener, American art collector (d. 1943)
* August 23 – Sofia Panina, Russian politician (d. 1956)
* August 25 – Nils Edén, 15th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1945)
* August 27 – Theodore Dreiser, American writer (d. 1945)
*
August 29
Events Pre-1600
* 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
* 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine M ...
– Albert François Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)
* August 30 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1937)
September–October
* September 1 – J. Reuben Clark, Under Secretary of State for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge (d. 1961)
* September 10
** Thomas Adams (architect), Thomas Adams, British urban planner (d. 1940)
** Charles Collett, English Great Western Railway chief mechanical engineer (d. 1952)
* September 17 – Eivind Astrup, Norwegian Arctic explorer (d. 1895)
* September 19 – Frederick Ruple, Swiss-born American portrait painter (d. 1938)
* September 24 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)
* September 26 – Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator (d. 1934)
* September 27 – Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
* September 28 – Pietro Badoglio, Italian field marshal, prime minister (d. 1956)
* October 2 – Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
* October 19 – Walter Bradford Cannon, American physiologist (d. 1945)
*
October 11
Events Pre-1600
*1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
*1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
* 1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of Engl ...
– Harriet Boyd Hawes, American archaeologist (d. 1945)
* October 17 – Dénes Berinkey, 21st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1944)
* October 25 – John Gough (VC), John Gough, British general, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1915)
* October 30
** Buck Freeman, American baseball player (d. 1949)
** Paul Valéry, French poet (d. 1945)
November–December
* November 1 – Stephen Crane, American writer (d. 1900)
* November 14 – Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (d. 1936)
* November 23 – William Watt (Australian politician), William Watt, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (d. 1946)
* December 9 – Joe Kelley, American National Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1943)
* December 13 – Emily Carr, Canadian artist (d. 1945)
* December 17 – Virginia Fábregas, Mexican actress (d. 1950)
Date unknown
* Zhang Jinghui, Chinese general and politician, second and final Prime Minister of Manchukuo (d. 1959)
* Sevasti Qiriazi, Albanian educator, women's rights activist (d. 1949)
Deaths
January–June
* January 8 – José Trinidad Cabañas, Honduran general, president and national hero (b. 1805)
* January 13 – Kawakami Gensai, Japanese swordsman of the Bakumatsu period (b. 1834)
* January 15 – Edward C. Delavan, American temperance movement leader (b. 1793)
* January 19 – William Denison, Sir William Denison, Governor of New South Wales (b. 1804)
* January 25 – Jeanne Villepreux-Power, French marine biology, marine biologist (b. 1794)
* January 29 – Samuel Harvey Taylor, 6th List of Phillips Academy Heads of School, Principal of Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (b. 1807)
* February 10 – Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1785)
* February 12 – Alice Cary, American poet, sister of Phoebe Cary (b. 1820)
* February 20 – Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)
* February 22 – Charles Shaw (British Army officer), Sir Charles Shaw, British army officer and police commissioner (b. 1795)
* February 23 – Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (b. 1827)
* March – Emma Fürstenhoff, Swedish florist (b. 1802)
*
March 18
Events Pre-1600
* 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10.
* 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...
– Augustus De Morgan, English professor of mathematics, mathematician (b. 1806)
* April 7
** Prince Alexander John of Wales (b. April 6, prematurely)
* April 7 – Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral (b. 1827)
* April 30 –
Jane Clouson, teenaged British murder victim (b. 1854)
*
May 11 – John Herschel, English astronomer (b. 1792)
* May 12 – Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay, Canadian politician (b. 1809)
* May 18 – Constance Trotti, Belgian salonnière, culture patron (b. 1800)
* May 23 – Jarosław Dąbrowski, Polish general (b. 1836)
* June 9 – Anna Atkins, British botanist (b. 1799)
July–December
![Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso by Henri Lehmann](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Cristina_Trivulzio_Belgiojoso_by_Henri_Lehmann.jpg)
* July 5 – Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Italian noble, patriot, writer and journalist (b. 1808)
* July 6 – Castro Alves, Brazilian poet and playwright (b. 1847)
* July 15 – Tad Lincoln, youngest son of American President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1853)
* July 31 – Phoebe Cary, American poet, sister to Alice Cary (b. 1824)
*
August 9
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
* 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...
– John Paterson (Australian politician), John Paterson, politician in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (b. 1831)
* September 16 – Jan Erazim Vocel, Czech poet, archaeologist, historian and cultural revivalist (b. 1803)
* September 20 – John Patteson (bishop), John Patteson, Anglican bishop, missionary (martyred) (b. 1827)
* September 21 – Charlotte Elliott, English hymnwriter (b. 1789)
* September 23 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian politician (b. 1786)
* October 4 – Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekkers, Voortrekker leader, preacher (b. 1801)
* October 7 – John Fox Burgoyne, Sir John Burgoyne, British field marshal (b. 1782)
* October 16 – Martha Hooper Blackler Kalopothakes, American missionary, journalist, translator (b. 1830)
* October 18 – Charles Babbage, English mathematician, inventor (b. 1791)
* October 29 – Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (b. 1821)
* November 2 – Athalia Schwartz, Danish writer, journalist and educator (b. 1821)
* November 22 – Oscar James Dunn, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (b. 1825)
* December 21 – Luise Aston, German author, feminist (b. 1814)
* December 28 – John Henry Pratt, English clergyman, mathematician (b. 1809)
References
{{Reflist
* ''Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia...for 1871'' (1873), comprehensive collection of fact
online edition
1871,