* 1871 – Prince Alexander John of Wales ( d. 1871 )

* 1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator ( d. 1941 )

* 1871 – The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.

* 1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American author ( d. 1945 )

* 1871 – Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer ( d. 1919 )

* 1871 – John French Sloan, American artist ( d. 1951 )

* 1871 – The first stage of the Brill Tramway opened.

* 1925 – Lars Jørgen Madsen, Danish rifle shooter ( b. 1871 )

* 1871 – John Lester, American cricketer ( d. 1969 )

* 1871 – John Millington Synge, Irish writer ( d. 1909 )

* 1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China ( d. 1908 )

* 1871 – Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer ( d. 1948 )

* 1789 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentine military ( d. 1871 )

* 1871 – Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration.

* 1871 – Albert Lebrun, French politician ( d. 1950 )

* 1871 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1937 )

* 1941 – Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer, father of Frida Kahlo ( b. 1871 )

Armoured trains saw use during the 19th century in the American Civil War ( 1861 – 1865 ), the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 1871 ), the First and Second Boer Wars ( 1880 – 81 and 1899 – 1902 ), the First ( 1914 – 1918 ) and Second World Wars ( 1939 – 1945 ) and the First Indochina War ( 1946 – 1954 ).

( 1807 – 1871 ), was the author of Criminal Responsibility ( 1869 ), The Principles of Beauty ( 1857 ) and Sleep and Dreams ( 2nd ed., 1857 ).

Among the measures aimed at the Catholic Church was the addition in 1871 of § 130a to the German Criminal Code ( Strafgesetzbuch ), infringed on clerical freedom of speech, threatening clergy who discussed politics from the pulpit with two years of prison ; this article was dubbed the Kanzelparagraph ( from the German Kanzel ' pulpit ').

Also during British rule in India they were placed under Criminal Tribes Act 1871 and labelled a " criminal tribe ," hence subjected to compulsory registration, strict monitoring and stigmatized for a long time, after independence however they were denotified in 1952, though the century old stigma continues.

* Criminal Tribes Act, British legislation in India passed in 1871 which labeled entire communities as criminal

Paragraph 175 ( known formally as § 175 StGB ; also known as Section 175 in English ) was a provision of the German Criminal Code from 15 May 1871 to 10 March 1994.

Historically, picketing was banned by a Liberal government in the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1871 but then decriminalised by a Conservative government with the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875.

As a result, the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 was repealed in 1952 and the Habitual Offenders Act was enacted in its place.

The criminal branding of the tribe goes back to 1871 after the British passed the " Criminal Tribes Act ".

See the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1871 and the Trade Union Act 1871.

After 1871, the Federal Government dealt with Indian Tribes through statute ; the 1871 Indian Appropriations Act also stated that.

Before 1871 United States had previously recognized the Indian Tribes as semi-independent.

* in the early colonial settlement phase on New Zealand ( where the Polynesian Māori declared independence on 28 October 1835 as the Confederation of the United Tribes, under British protectorate ), from 10 May 1833 James Busby ( b. 1801 – d. 1871 ; from 1834 – 1836 jointly with Thomas McDonnell as co-Resident ) till 28 January 1840, then two Lieutenant governors ( as part of New South Wales, in Australia ) and many Governors since 3 January 1841

Before 1871 United States had recognized the Indian Tribes as semi-independent.

* 1871 – The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.

In Ireland – when it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – the Bank Holidays Act 1871 established the feast day of St. Stephen as a non-movable public holiday on 26 December.

The following definition of " crime " was provided by the Prevention of Crimes Act 1871, and applied for the purposes of section 10 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1908:

* Civil Rights Act of 1871, also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, prohibiting ethnic violence against blacks.

The Civil Rights Act of 1871 applies to public employment or employment involving state action prohibiting deprivation of rights secured by the federal constitution or federal laws through action under color of law.

* 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 ).

Prior to 1871 the government of the United States regularly entered into treaties with Americans of the United States but the Indian Appropriations Act of March 3, 1871 ( ch.

Although there were initial scandals in his first term, Grant remained popular in the country and was re-elected a second term in 1872. Notable accomplishments as President include policies for the protection of African Americans in the Reconstruction states as well as Native Americans in the West, the Treaty of Washington in 1871, and the Specie Payment Resumption Act in 1875.

One provision,, is the basis for a wide range of federal civil rights actions in federal courts ; it is the codification of the Civil Rights Act of 1871.

Many people used the train services to visit the seaside, helped by the Bank Holiday Act of 1871, which created a number of fixed holidays which all sectors of society could enjoy.

The Local Government Board Act 1871 put the supervision of the Poor Law under the Local Government Board ( headed by G. J. Goschen ) and Gladstone's " administration could claim spectacular success in enforcing a dramatic reduction in supposedly sentimental and unsystematic outdoor poor relief, and in making, in co-operation with the Charity Organization Society ( 1869 ), the most sustained attempt of the century to impose upon the working classes the Victorian values of providence, self-reliance, foresight, and self-discipline ".

In 1871, he instituted the Universities Tests Act.

The yen was officially adopted by the Meiji government in an Act signed on May 10, 1871.

The New Currency Act of 1871 stipulated the adoption of the decimal accounting system of yen ( 1, 圓 ), sen (, 銭 ), and rin (, 厘 ), with the coins being round and manufactured using Western machinery.

In 1982, this Act was renamed the Constitution Act, 1871.

In 1871, however, Garfield could not support the Ku Klux Klan Act, passed by Congress in 1871, saying " I have never been more perplexed by a piece of legislation ".

Before the 1871 Indian Appropriations Act