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( 1870s: )     1871
The German Empire was founded in January 1871, after the joint victory of the German states in the Franco-Prussian War

 

Events

Event	Start	End
Pax Brittanica	1815	1915
Victorian era	1840	1901

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
Cambridge University/Newnham College			A women only college at Cambridge
Social Democrats (Denmark)			Ruling party in Denmark
University of Arkansas		Public Flagship Land-grant	The largest university in Arkansas
Ohio Northern University			Small Midwestern private university
Smith College		College	A private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Texas A&M University		Research Public Land-grant Sea grant Space grant Senior military college	Texas university close to Big Pharma and other corporations
University of Otago		Public	University in New Zealand

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
Charles Norton	1871		1923	Banker Deep state operative	USDSO
Felix Warburg	14 January 1871	Germany Hamburg	20 September 1937	Financier Deep politician	Super wealthy financier and deep politician.
Arthur Ponsonsby	16 February 1871		23 March 1946	Politician 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 Cochran	20 March 1871	Minnesota Saint Paul	29 October 1936	Banker	American 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 Strakosch	9 May 1871		30 October 1943	Banker Businessperson	Banker who paid Winston Churchill's large debts "without asking anything in return". Chair of The Economist 1929-1943
Frank Polk	13 September 1871	New York United States	7 February 1943	Lawyer
Cordell Hull	2 October 1871	United States Tennessee Olympus Pickett County	23 July 1955	Politician 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 London	29 December 1871	Congress Poland Russia/Tsarist Russia Kalvarija	6 June 1926	Politician	Socialist Congressman who voted against entry into World War I. Died prematurely in 1926, when struck by an automobile.

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