WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1871
Find out what all happened January to October 1871

Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871). (29. August 1871)

Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi-Bahnen on Mount Rigi. (21. May 1871)

Amadeus I becomes King of Spain. (2. January 1871)

French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested. (21. May 1871)

The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place. (27. March 1871)

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. (2. July 1871)

British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada. (20. July 1871)

Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans. (18. January 1871)

Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day. (19. January 1871)

Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. (21. March 1871)

The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology). (16. June 1871)

The Paris Commune falls. (28. May 1871)

The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria. (29. March 1871)

The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory. (30. April 1871)

The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. (17. February 1871)

Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea. (10. June 1871)

Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 local communities 'Criminal Tribes', i.e. hereditary criminals. Repealed in 1949, after Independence of India. (12. October 1871)

Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire. (8. October 1871)

The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris. (28. March 1871)

Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, ordered evacuation of Paris. (18. March 1871)