WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO OCTOBER 1871
Find out what all happened June to October 1871

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

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 Repealed in 1949, after Independence of India.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)

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)

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

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

The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people. (30. July 1871)

Bishop John Coleridge Patteson is martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. He is the first bishop of Melanesia. (20. September 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)

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

Brazilian Parliament passes the Law of the Free Womb, granting freedom to all new children born to slaves, the first major step in the eradication of slavery in Brazil. (28. September 1871)