WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1871
Find out what all happened February to November 1871

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

The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana. (4. May 1871)

The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York. (17. November 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 Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people. (30. July 1871)

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

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

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)

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 first stage of the Brill Tramway opens. (1. April 1871)

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

The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8 to October 10. (10. October 1871)

In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment. (22. March 1871)

Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire. (21. March 1871)

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

Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". (10. November 1871)

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

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

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