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1871

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1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

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Events

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January - April

January 2 - Amadeus I becomes King of Spain.
January 10 - France surrenders to end the Franco-Prussian War
January 18 - The member-states of the North German Confederation unite into a single nation-state known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany.
January 21 - Giuseppe Garibaldi's troops win in Dijon
March 21 - Marriage of Princess Louise to John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, whose father, the 8th Duke of Argyll, is the serving Secretary of State for India.
March 22 - In North Carolina, William Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
March 26 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
March 29 - The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
April - Stockholms Handelsbank is founded.
April 20 - United States President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Ku Klux Klan Act.

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May - August

May 11 - First trial of the case of Tichborne Claimant begins in the London Court of Common Pleas.
May 21-30 - French Third Republic.government troops invade Paris Commune and crush the rebellion.
June 18 -- University Tests Act removes religious tests at Oxford, Cambridge and Durham.
July 20 - British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
July 20 - C. W. Alcock proposes that 'a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association', giving birth to the FA Cup.
August 31 - Adolphe Thiers becomes President of the French Republic.

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September - December

October 8 - Three major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and Holland, Michigan
- The Great Chicago Fire is the most famous of these, burning 1,200,000 acres (4,900 km²) in one day, eventually destroying about 17,450 buildings, and killing about 250 people while leaving another 90,000 homeless.
- The Peshtigo Fire burns 1,200,000 acres (4,900 km²) across six counties in one day and kills 1,200 to 2,500 people, making it the deadliest in United States history.
- The Holland Fire destroys at least two towns.
October 20 - The Royal Regiment of Artillery formed the first regular Canadian army units when they created two batteries of garrison artillery which eventually became The Royal Canadian Artillery.
October 27 - The Comte de Chambord refuses to be crowned 'King Henry V of France' until France abandons its tricolour and returns to the old bourbon flag.
October 27 - New York mayor Boss Tweed arrested
October 27 - British occupy the Klipdrift in South Africa, ending the Klipdrift Republic
November 10 - Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, and greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
November 17 - The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
December 10 - The German chancellor Otto von Bismarck tries to ban Catholics from the political stage by introducing harsh laws concerning the separation of church and state.