1871 Calendar
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1871 Historical Event(s)
January 18, 1871
– Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles ( France ) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans.
March 18, 1871
– Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris.
March 27, 1871
– The first international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
March 28, 1871
– The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
March 29, 1871
– The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
April 1, 1871
– The first stage of the Brill Tramway opened.
May 4, 1871
– The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
May 30, 1871
– The Paris Commune falls.
June 10, 1871
– Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 U.S. Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
July 20, 1871
– British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
Who Were Born On 1871?
January 8, 1871
– James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940)
January 17, 1871
– Nicolae Iorga, Romanian writer (d. 1940)
March 3, 1871
– Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
March 5, 1871
– Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
April 20, 1871
– Sydney Chapman, British economist and civil servant (d. 1951)
May 30, 1871
– Olga Engl, Austrian actress (d. 1946)
August 27, 1871
– Theodore Dreiser, American author (d. 1945)
August 31, 1871
– James E. Ferguson, American politician, 26th Governor of Texas (d. 1944)
September 1, 1871
– J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)
September 24, 1871
– Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)