* 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 – 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 ).

* November 14 – The Guangxu Emperor of China ( b. 1871 )

2 sisters concurrently spouses of the same the Guangxu Emperor ( CE 1871 – 1908 ) are pictured in this image and the one immediately below: in this one Consort Zhen, popularly mislabelled with the lower-ranking title " Pearl Concubine " in English, his favorite, and her older sister ...

In 1906, a Manchu Minister named Duan Fang ( 端方, 1861-1911 ) submitted a memorandum to Emperor Guangxu ( 光緒帝, August 14, 1871 – November 14, 1908 ), proposing that an oversea Chinese school be set up for the purpose of spreading far and wide the enlightening influence of education and strengthening the emotional ties with compatriots overseas.

He organized reforms with Kang Youwei by putting their ideas on paper and sending them to Emperor Guangxu ( 光緒帝, 1871 – 1908 ; reigned 1875 – 1908 ) of the Qing Dynasty.

Consort Zhen () posthumously known as Imperial Noble Consort Keshun (), popularly, but incorrectly, known as the " Pearl Concubine ", was a concubine of the Guangxu Emperor ( 1871 – 1908 ) of the Qing Dynasty in China.

During the Siege of Paris in 1871, the North German Confederation, supported by its allies from southern Germany, formed the German Empire with the proclamation of the Prussian king Wilhelm I as German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, to the humiliation of the French, who ceased to resist only days later.

After the Unification of Germany, in the Empire Unification of 1870 ( Letter of the Emperor ) and the Founding of the Empire 1871, there was still no common national holiday.

The German Empire () is the common name given to the state officially named the ( literally: " German Realm "), designating Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.

During the Siege of Paris on 18 January 1871, King Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.

Die Proklamation des Deutschen Kaiserreiches by Anton von Werner ( 1877 ), depicting the proclamation of the foundation of the German Reich ( 18 January 1871, Palace of Versailles ). Left, on the podium ( in black ): Crown Prince Frederick ( later Frederick III, German Emperor | Frederick III ), his father Emperor William I, German Emperor | William I, and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden | Frederick I of Baden, proposing a toast to the new emperor. Centre ( in white ): Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian Chief of Staff.

The 1871 German Constitution was adopted by the Reichstag on 14 April 1871 and proclaimed by the Emperor on 16 April, which was substantially based upon Bismarck's North German Constitution.

During the Siege of Paris, the German princes assembled in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles and proclaimed the Prussian King Wilhelm I as the " German Emperor " on 18 January 1871.

* 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.

Bismarck designed and created the German Empire in 1871, becoming its first Chancellor and largely controlling its affairs until he was removed by Kaiser ( Emperor ) William II in 1890.

The negotiations succeeded ; while the war was in its final phase King William of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors in the Château de Versailles.

* Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Emperor Pedro II of Brazil's daughter, died of typhoid Fever on 7 February 1871.

A later occupant of the house, from 1871 until his death there in 1873, was the exiled French Emperor, Napoleon III.

During the Siege of Paris on 18 January 1871, King Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.

In 1871 when the Emperor asked her what she would like as a gift for her Saint's Day, she listed a young tiger and a medallion, but: "... a fully equipped lunatic asylum would please me most ".

When Wilhelm I was proclaimed German Emperor on 18 January 1871 at the Palace of Versailles, Prince Otto and his uncle Luitpold represented Ludwig, who refused to participate.

As the monarch of the largest German state which had a key role in the unification, Emperor Wilhelm I had ruled over the German Empire ever since the unification of Germany on 18 January 1871.

Commonly in reference to Finland's policies vis-à-vis the Soviet Union during the Cold War, but could refer to similar international relations, such as Denmark's attitude toward Germany between 1871 and 1940, and Taiwan's relation with China since 2008.

* John Elias Williams ( 1871 – 1927 ), American Presbyterian missionary to China

) ( 1871 – 1943 ) promoted Buddhist learning in China, and the general trend was for an increase in studies of Buddhist traditions such as Yogācāra, Sanlun, and Huayan.

In April, 1871 Fish ordered Frederick F. Low, minister to China, to take the Asiatic Fleet and voyage to Seoul.

David Cameron's great-great grandfather Emile Levita, a German-Jewish financier ( and descendant of Renaissance scholar Elia Levita ) who obtained British citizenship in 1871, was the director of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China which became Standard Chartered Bank in 1969.

Around 1871 he started suffering from partial paralysis and he moved to the Chefoo which he called the Scarborough of China.

* 1871 A fasciculus of the Birds of China.

) ( 1871 – 1943 ) promoted Buddhist learning in China, and the general trend was for an increase in studies of Buddhist traditions such as Yogācāra, Mādhyamaka, and the Huayan school.

John Preston Maxwell ( 5 December 1871 – 25 July 1961 ), son of James Laidlaw Maxwell, was a Presbyterian obstetric missionary to China.

Wong Kim Ark, who was born in the United States to Chinese parents around 1871, had been denied re-entry to the U. S. after a trip abroad, under a law restricting Chinese immigration and prohibiting immigrants from China from becoming naturalized U. S. citizens.

Examples include Russia in 1905 and 1917, where councils were called " soviets "; Germany during 1918 ( Räte ); Turin, Italy during 1919-1920 ; rural Ireland during 1920-1921 ; China during 1926-1927 ; Spain during 1936 ; Hungary during 1919 and 1956 ; France during 1871 and 1968 ; Chile in 1973 ( cordones ); Iran during 1978-1979 ( shoras ); and from at the latest 2002 to the present in Venezuela.

Chen Changxing, contrary to Chen family tradition, also took the first recorded non-family member as a disciple, Yang Luchan ( 1799 – 1871 ), who went on to popularize the art throughout China, but as his own family tradition known as Yang-style t ' ai chi ch ' uan.

Issachar Jacox Roberts ( 1802 – 1871 ) was an American Baptist missionary in 19th century China.

With the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 ; and completion of Indo-European telegraph line from London to Calcutta, and its extension to China in 1871 ; placed most British banks ( including Chartered Bank ) to expand and develop its business.

Che Kam Kong ( also known as Chea Kunkong ) was a Protestant Christian who was killed because of his belief in Christianity in China in 1871 in Poklo, Guangdong.

from London to Calcutta, and its extension to China in 1871 ; most British banks ( including Mercantile bank ) were well placed to expand and develop its business.

Since 1871, the company had been owned by two Syracuse families, the Pass family and Salisbury family, now after four generations, ownership passed to new management who purchased the assets of the old company and formed the Syracuse China Corporation on September 30, 1971.