In history, year 1871 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1871.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 18 january | A number of independent German states unified into the German Empire, with Prussian King Wilhelm I being proclaimed as its first Emperor. |
| 07 march | José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, became Prime Ministerof the Empire of Brazil, starting a four-year rule, the longest in thestate's history. |
| 18 march | French President Adolphe Thiers ordered the evacuation of Parisafter an uprising broke out as the result of France's defeat in theFranco-Prussian War, leading to the establishment of the Paris Commune government. |
| 21 march | Founder of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck was proclaimed as its first Chancellor. |
| 22 march | William Woods Holden became the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office due to impeachment. |
| 29 march | The Royal Albert Hall in Albertopolis, London, was officially opened by Queen Victoria. |
| 10 june | Nine days after Korean shore batteries attacked two Americanwarships, an American punitive expedition landed and captured severalforts on Ganghwa Island. |
| 02 july | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy entered Rome after conquering it from the Papal States. The Papal States were territories in the Italian Peninsula under the sovereign direct rule of the pope, from the 700s until 1870. They were among the major important states of Italy from the eighth century until the Italian Peninsula was united in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont and Sardinia. |
| 08 october | The Great Chicago Fire commenced on Sunday, October 8, and went on for three days before it finally went out on Tuesday, October 10, 1871. |
| 12 october | The Criminal Tribes Act entered into force in British India,giving law enforcement sweeping powers to arrest, control, and monitorthe movements of the members of 160 specific ethnic or socialcommunities that were defined as 'habitually criminal'. |
| 10 november | Journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley located missingmissionary and explorer David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyikain present-day Tanzania. |
| 26 december | Thespis, the first comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, made its debut at the Gaiety Theatre, London, UK. |
| 08 October | There was a fierce fire in the US city of Chicago for two days. The fire killed 300 people and destroyed 17,450 homes. |
| 12 October | The British Government enacted the Criminal Tribes Act under which 160 local communities were declared to be criminals. |
| 21 October | New York) was the first non-competitive outdoor athletic game in the US. |
| 21 November | Moses F. Gayle of New York patented the cigar lighter. |
| 25 January | Caucasian struggler Dharmaguru Shaikh Shamil died in Madina Nagar. |
| 12 February | Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian missionary, educationist and social reformer in India, was born in Newcastle, England. |
| 27 March | The first international rugby match was played between Scotland and England, which Scotland won. |
| 28 January | The Purishis surrendered before Paris. |
| 09 February | The Federal Fish Conservation Office was authorized by the US Congress. |
| 03 March | The US Congress Civil Service System was established. |
| 14 April | Canada set the denomination of the currency as dollars, cents, and mills. |
| 11 May | The first trial in the Tichborne case began in the London Court of Common Pleas. |
| 15 June | Phoebe Cousin became the first female graduate of an American college law school. |
| 13 July | The world's first championship cat show at Crystal Palace London was hosted by Harrison Ware. |
| 31 August | Adolphe Thiers was made President of the French Republic. |
| 17 September | The Mont Canis Railway Tunnel opened in Switzerland. |
| 31 October | A Protestant Union was established in Dokkum, Netherlands. |
| 24 November | The National Rifle Association was organized. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 02 October | Cordell Hull / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 03 August | Vernon Louis Parrington / Historian / United States of America |
| 04 February | Friedrich Ebert / Politician / Germany |
| 05 March | Konstantinos Pallis / Politician / Macedonia |
| 06 May | Victor Grignard / Academic / France |
| 06 May | Christian Morgenstern / Poet / Germany |
| 07 January | Émile Borel / Politician / France |
| 09 October | Georges Gauthier / Bishop / Canada |
| 12 April | Ioannis Metaxas / Politician / Greece |
| 14 June | Jacob Ellehammer / Engineer / Denmark |
| 16 April | John Millington Synge / Poet / Ireland |
| 17 January | Nicolae Iorga / Politician / Romania |
| 17 July | Lyonel Feininger / Painter / United States of America |
| 19 May | Walter Russell / Painter / United States of America |
| 20 April | Sydney Chapman / Economist / United Kingdom |
| 27 March | Joseph G. Morrison / Naval Officer / United States of America |
| 27 August | Theodore Dreiser / Journalist / United States of America |
| 29 March | Tom Hayward / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 29 May | Clark Voorhees / Painter / United States of America |
| 30 August | Ernest Rutherford / Chemist / United Kingdom |