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* [[January 18]] – [[Proclamation of the German Empire]]: The member states of the [[North German Confederation]] and the south German states, aside from Austria, 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]], in the [[Hall of Mirrors]] at the [[Palace of Versailles]]. [[Constitution of the German Confederation (1871)|Constitution of the German Confederation]] comes into effect.
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* [[March 21]] – [[Otto von Bismarck]] becomes the first [[Chancellor of the German Empire]].
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* [[March 26]] – The [[Paris Commune]] is formally established in France.
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* [[April 20]] – U.S. President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] signs the [[Civil Rights Act of 1871]].
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* [[May 10]] – The [[Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)|Treaty of Frankfurt]] is signed, confirming the frontiers between Germany and France. The provinces of [[Alsace]] and [[Lorraine (province)|Lorraine]] are transferred from France to Germany.
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* [[May 21]]–  French government troops enter Paris to overthrow the Commune, beginning "Bloody Week" (''[[Semaine sanglante]]'').
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* [[May 27]] – French government troops massacre [[Communards]] from Belleville, at [[Père-Lachaise Cemetery]] in Paris.
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* [[May 28]] – [[Paris Commune]] falls to French government forces.
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* [[June 1]] – [[Bombardment of the Selee River Forts]]: Koreans attack two United States Navy warships.
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* [[June 10]] – [[United States expedition to Korea]]: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 members of the [[United States Marine Corps]] in a punitive naval attack on the [[Han River (Korea)|Han River]] forts on [[Ganghwa Island]] in Korea, resulting in 250 Koreans dying and diplomatic failure to "open up" Korea.
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* [[June 29]] – [[Trade union]]s are legalized in the United Kingdom by the [[Trade Union Act 1871]].
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* [[August 31]] – [[Adolphe Thiers]] becomes President of the French Republic.
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* [[September 3]] – New York City residents, tired of the corruption of the "[[Tammany Hall]]" political machine and "Boss" [[William M. Tweed]], its "Grand Sachem", meet to form the '[[Committee of Seventy (New York City)|Committee of Seventy]]' to reform local politics.
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* [[October 12]] – The [[Criminal Tribes Act]] is enacted by the [[British Raj]] in India, naming over 160 communities as "[[Denotified Tribes]]", allegedly habitually criminal (it will be repealed in [[1949]], after Indian independence).
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** [[Boss Tweed]] of [[Tammany Hall]] is arrested for bribery, ending his grip on New York City.
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* 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.
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* [[November 7]] &ndash; The London&ndash;Australia [[telegraph]] cable is brought ashore at [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150105222157/http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1871Java-PortDarwin/ </ref>
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* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[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?"
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* [[December 10]] &ndash; 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]].
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=== Date unknown ===
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* In South Africa
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** [[Gold]] is discovered at Pilgrim's Creek in the [[Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga|Pilgrim's Rest]] area.
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** A {{Convert|83.50|carat|g}} 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.
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Latest revision as of 12:09, 14 March 2021

1861 < 1862 < 1863 < 1864 < 1865 < 1866 < 1867 <1868 < 1869 < 1870 < 1871 > 1872 > 1873 > 1874 > 1875 > 1876 > 1877 > 1878 > 1879 > 1880 > 1881

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A v Werner - Kaiserproklamation am 18 Januar 1871 (3. Fassung 1885).jpg
The German Empire was founded in January 1871, after the joint victory of the German states in the Franco-Prussian War

Events

Date unknown

  • In South Africa
    • Gold is discovered at Pilgrim's Creek in the Pilgrim's Rest area.
    • A 83.50 carats (16.700 g) diamond is discovered, resulting in a diamond rush, and the town of New Rush springs up; Colonial Commissioners arrive there on November 17.


 

Events

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Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901

 

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Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Charles Norton18711923Banker
Deep state operative
USDSO
Felix Warburg14 January 1871Germany
Hamburg
20 September 1937Financier
Deep politician
Super wealthy financier and deep politician.
Arthur Ponsonsby16 February 187123 March 1946Politician
Pacifist
British politician, writer, and social activist. His 1928 book Falsehood in War-time, Containing an Assortment of Lies Circulated Throughout the Nations During the Great War, listed and refuted pieces of propaganda used by the Allied Forces during World War 1.
Thomas Cochran20 March 1871Minnesota
Saint Paul
29 October 1936BankerAmerican bonesman banker closely associated with the leading J.P. Morgan & Co bankers such as Dwight P. Morrow and Henry P. Davidson in the firms big financial operations during and after World War 1.
Henry Strakosch9 May 187130 October 1943Banker
Businessperson
Banker who paid Winston Churchill's large debts "without asking anything in return". Chair of The Economist 1929-1943
Frank Polk13 September 1871New York
United States
7 February 1943Lawyer
Cordell Hull2 October 1871United States
Tennessee
Olympus
Pickett County
23 July 1955Politician
Lawyer
The longest serving US Secretary of State, granted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 for his role in establishing the United Nations, and was referred to by President Roosevelt as the "Father of the United Nations".
Meyer London29 December 1871Congress Poland
Russia/Tsarist Russia
Kalvarija
6 June 1926PoliticianSocialist Congressman who voted against entry into World War I. Died prematurely in 1926, when struck by an automobile.
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