Cranford was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden, Springfield, Union and Westfield.

The formation of the surrounding townships of Rossville ( 1871 ) to the west, Menoken ( 1879 ) to the east, and Grove ( 1918 ) to the north has reduced the size of the township.

The office was renamed " Elk Lake " on September 12, 1970, and became " Attica ", after the township, on February 1, 1871.

The first township meeting was in 1871 and a post office was established in May of the same year.

The township was organized in 1871.

The township itself was organized in 1871 and had been a voting precinct since July 8, 1855.

The township was organized in 1873, though settlers had taken up residence in the township as early as 1871.

The first township meeting occurred April 21, 1871.

Organization of Grand Prairie Township was approved by the Nobles County Board on September 22, 1873, though settlers has taken up root in the township as early as 1871.

Over the centuries, portions of the township were taken to create Washington Township ( February 17, 1836 ), Woodbury Borough ( March 27, 1854 ; now Woodbury City ), West Deptford Township ( March 1, 1871 ), Wenonah ( March 10, 1883 ), Westville ( April 7, 1914 ) and Woodbury Heights ( April 6, 1915 ).

West Deptford Township was formed as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1871, from portions of Deptford Township.

Portions of the township have been take to form Clinton town ( April 5, 1865, within the township ; became independent in 1895 ), High Bridge township ( March 29, 1871 ) and Lebanon borough ( March 26, 1926 ).

High Bridge was originally incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 29, 1871, from portions of both Clinton Township and Lebanon Township and Bethlehem Township.

Portions of the township were acquired from Readington Township in 1832 and 1861, and portions were transferred to Clinton Township in 1871 and 1891.

Portions of the township were taken to form Mendham Township ( March 29, 1749 ), Washington Township ( April 2, 1798 ), Chester Township ( April 1, 1799 ), Jefferson Township ( February 11, 1804 ), Mount Olive Township ( March 22, 1871 ), Mount Arlington ( November 3, 1890 ) and Netcong ( October 23, 1894 ).

Portions of the township were taken to form Lacey Township ( March 23, 1871 ), Ocean Township ( April 13, 1876 ), Harvey Cedars ( December 13, 1894 ) and Long Beach Township ( March 23, 1899 ).

Portions of the township were taken to form Cranford Township ( March 14, 1871 ) and Winfield Township ( August 6, 1941 ).

Portions of the township have been taken to form Rahway Township ( February 27, 1804 ), Plainfield Township ( April 5, 1847 ), Cranford Township ( March 14, 1871 ), Fanwood Township ( March 6, 1878, now known as Scotch Plains ), Mountainside ( September 25, 1895 ) and Hillside ( April 3, 1913 ).

Chartered in 1850 as a township and in 1871 as a city, New Britain was separated from the nearby town of Berlin, Connecticut.

** Glenelg ( township ): 1871

In 1871 a new Post & Telegraph Office was erected at Balranald, the first brick building to be built in the township.

The Lincolns ' fourth son, Thomas " Tad " Lincoln, was born on April 4, 1853, and died of heart failure at the age of 18 on July 16, 1871.

Long disputed, the predominantly German-speaking region of Alsace or Elsaß was annexed by Germany in 1871 ; after World War I, it was reintegrated into France.

He was stationed in San Francisco from 1869 through 1871 and he took out a patent for the cable car railway that still runs there, receiving a charter for its operation, but signing away his rights when he was reassigned.

The term was taken and redefined by the anthropologist Sir Edward Tylor in his 1871 book Primitive Culture, in which he defined it as " the general doctrine of souls and other spiritual beings in general.

Ambros was professor of the history of music at Prague from 1869 to 1871.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

The construction work began in November 1869 and the mosque was finished in 1871.

The first person to experiment in this fashion was Francis Herbert Wenham, who in doing so constructed the first wind tunnel in 1871.

First documented in the 13th century, Berlin was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia ( 1701 – 1918 ), the German Empire ( 1871 – 1918 ), the Weimar Republic ( 1919 – 1933 ) and the Third Reich ( 1933 – 1945 ).

Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858 and, in 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.

With the dissolution of the German Confederation in 1866 and the founding of the German Empire ( Deutsches Reich ) in 1871, the Reichstag was established as the German parliament in Berlin.

Ned Cuthbert, playing for the Philadelphia Keystones in either 1863 or 1865, is documented as the first baseball player to steal a base in a baseball game, although the term stolen base was not used until 1871.

He was twice successful as the Glasgow University Conservative Association's candidate for Rector of the University, holding the post for two full terms between 1871 and 1877.

This connection was first formally made by Dr George Bennett of the Australian Museum in 1871, but in the early 1990s, palaeontologist Pat Vickers-Rich and geologist Neil Archbold also cautiously suggested that Aboriginal legends " perhaps had stemmed from an acquaintance with prehistoric bones or even living prehistoric animals themselves ...

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.

Charles Babbage, FRS ( 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871 ) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer.

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:

It was declared a British colony and given the name British Honduras in 1871, gaining independence as Belize in 1981.

The name " curl " was first suggested by James Clerk Maxwell in 1871.

She emigrated from England with her parents in 1871 when she was 18, where they settled in Brooklyn, New York.

In 1871, Canada's first formal census was conducted, which counted the population of Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Quebec.

The census will cover all Grama Niladhari ( GN ) divisions of the country. The first scientific census in Sri Lanka was conducted on 27 March 1871.

In Nova Scotia, the population grew steadily from 277, 000 in 1851 to 388, 000 in 1871, mostly from natural increase since immigration was slight.