1871 Calendar
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1871 Historical Event(s)
March 18, 1871
– Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris.
March 22, 1871
– In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
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.
April 20, 1871
– The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.
April 30, 1871
– The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
May 30, 1871
– The Paris Commune falls.
July 2, 1871
– Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
December 24, 1871
– Aida opens in Cairo.
December 26, 1871
– Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
Who Were Born On 1871?
March 6, 1871
– Afonso Costa, Portuguese politician (d. 1937)
March 19, 1871
– Schofield Haigh, British cricketer (d. 1921)
March 26, 1871
– Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922)
July 10, 1871
– Marcel Proust, French writer (d. 1922)
July 17, 1871
– Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and caricaturist (d. 1956)
August 1, 1871
– John Lester, American cricketer (d. 1969)
September 10, 1871
– Charles Collett, British mechanical engineer (d. 1952)
October 11, 1871
– Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader (d. 1943)
October 30, 1871
– Paul Valéry, French poet (d. 1945)
November 3, 1871
– Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby league footballer (d. 1943)