In the year 1871, the German Empire is founded (Jan 18) and Otto von Bismarck becomes its first Chancellor (Mar 21), the Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria (Mar 29), the first supposedly Major League Baseball game is played in America (May 4), the first cat expedition is held, at Crystal Palace in London (Jul 13), British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada (Jul 20), New York Herald correspondent Stanley locates the missing missionary and asks: Dr. Livingstone, I presume? (Nov 10), the opera Aida opens in Cairo, Egypt (Dec 24) - and all these fine people were born:
1871-0106 Frank Dummerth* rower/OB - St. Louis, MO USA (1936/65)
1871-0112 Dagmar Hagelberg-Raekallio* singer/ teacher/choir leader - Viitasaari, GD of Finland (1948/77)
1871-0120 John Järnefelt* violinist/tuner/ writer - Oulu, GD of Finland (1941/70)
1871-0201 Helmer Hermandsen* Norwegian sport shooter/OSt - Løten, Sweden-Norway (1958/87)
1871-0204 Friedrich Ebert* politician/the first president of Germany - Heidelberg, GD of Baden, German Empire (1925/54)
1871-0209 Howard Taylor Ricketts* pathologist - Findlay, OH USA (1910/39)
1871-0211 Uno Brummer* journalist/ writer/translator - Joutsa, GD of Finland (1913/41)
1871-0215 John W. Nordstrom* (b Johan Nordström) to USA at 16/co-founder of the Nordstrom store chain - Alvik, Luleå, Sweden (1963/92)
1871-0218 Harry Brearley* metallurgist/ inventor of “rustless steel” (later to be called stainless steel) - Sheffield, England (1948/77)
1871-0225 Lesya Ukrainka* (b Larysa Kosach) writer/ poet/activist - Novohrad-Volynskyi, Russian Empire (1913/42)
1871-0227 Otto Praeger* post master/implements U.S. Airmail - Victoria, TX USA (1948/76)
1871-0228 Manuel Díaz Rodríguez* journalist/ physician/politician - Caracas, Venezuela (1927/56)
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1871-0303 Maurice Garin* French bicyclist - Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy (1957/85)
1871-0305 Rosa Luxemburg* Polish-German political activist/philosopher - Zamosc, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (1919/47)
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1871-0321 John Stansel Taylor* politician/citrus grower/ businessman - Largo, FL USA (1936/65)
1871-0326 Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole* Hawaian Prince/representative in the Territory of Hawaii - Kukui’ula, Kauai, Kingdom of Hawaii (1922/50)
1871-0328 Willem Mengelberg* conductor - Utrecht, Netherlands (1951/79)
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1871-0408 Clarence Hudson White* photographer/ teacher - West Carlisle, OH USA (1925/54)
1871-0411 Robert Vilhelm Stenvall** brother of Kaarlo Fredrik Kivi – Järvenpää, Tuusula, GD of Finland (1918/47)
1871-0415 Jonathan Zenneck* electrical engineer/physicist (radio circuit) - Ruppertshofen, Württemberg, German Empire (1959/87)
1871-0416 John Millington Synge* playwright/ writer/collector of folklore - Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland (1909/37)
1871-0416 Farran Zerbe* coin collector/president of the American Numismatic Association - Tyrone, PA USA (1949/78)
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1871-0506 Victor Grignard* chemist/N - Cherbourg, France (1935/64)
1871-0506 Christian Morgenstern* author/poet - Munich, German Empire (1914/42)
1871-0527 Georges Rouault* painter/ draughtsman/print artist - Paris, France (1958/86)
1871-0605 Nicolae Iorga* playwright/ historian/politician - Botoșani, Principality of Romania (1940/69) alt. birthdate Jan 17th
1871-0612 Ernst Stromer* paleontologist (the first known remains of Spinosaurus) - Nuremberg, German Empire (1952/81)
1871-0614 Jacob Ellehammer* watchmaker/ mechanic engineer/inventor - Bakkebølle, Denmark (1946/74)
1871-0624 Dora Keen* traveler/ alpinist - Philadelphia, PA USA (1963/91)
1871-0704 Hubert Cecil Booth* engineer/inventor (vacuum cleanors)/designer of Ferris wheels - Gloucester, England (1955/83)
1871-0710 Marcel Proust* novelist/ critic/essayist - Auteuil, France (1922/51)
1871-0717 Lyonel Feininger* German-American painter - New York, NY USA (1956/84)
1871-0718 Sada Yacco* 川上 貞奴 geisha/actress/dancer - Tokyo, Japan (1946/75)
1871-0725 Richard Ernest William Turner* army officer/entrepreneur - Quebec City, Canada (1961/89)
1871-0810 Aino Sibelius (b Järnefelt) wife of Jean Sibelius - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1969/97)
1871-0819 Orville Wright* aviation pioneer - Dayton, OH USA (1948/76)
1871-0827 Theodore Dreiser* novelist/ journalist- Terre Haute, IN USA (1945/74)
1871-0905 Friedrich Akel* politician/diplomat - Kaubi Manor, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire(1941/69)
1871-0910 Thomas Adams* urban planner/landscape architect - near Edinburgh, Scotland (1940/68)
1871-0917 Eivind Astrup* arctic explorer/writer - Christiania, Sweden-Norway (1895/24)
1871-0924 Lottie Dod* tennis player/the youngest ladies' singles champion - Bebington, Cheshire, England (1960/88)
1871-0928 Fred P. Cone* politician/ Governor of Florida - Benton, FL USA (1948/76)
1871-0928 Grazia Deledda* writer/N - Nuoro, Italy (1936/64)
1871-1001 Lewis Lougher* businessman/ politician - Cardiff, Wales (1955/83)
1871-1008 Hannes Ignatius* army general/advocate for independence - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1941/69)
1871-1014 Alexander von Zemlinsky* composer/ conductor/teacher - Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1942/70)
1871-1017 Maila Talvio* writer - Hartola, GD of Finland (1951/79)
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1871-1026 Guillermo Kahlo* (b Carl Kahlo) German-Mexican photographer/father of Frida Kahlo - Pforzheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire (1941/69)
1871-1030 Paul Valéry* poet/essayist/ philosopher/nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 12 different years - Cette, Hérault, France (1945/73)
1871-11xx Jessie Bonstelle* actress/theater director - Greece, NY USA (1932/c.61)
1871-1101 Stephen Crane* poet/novelist/ short story writer - Newark, NJ USA (1900/28)
1871-1104 Artur Grönberg* businessman/genealogist - Rauma, GD of Finland (1937/65)
1871-1123 William Watt* politician - Barfold, VIC Australia (1946/74)
1871-1127 Giovanni Giorgi* electrical engineer/physicist - Lucca, Kingdom of Italy (1950/78)
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1871-1203 Javier Prado y Ugarteche* historian/ lawyer/philosopher - Lima, Peru (1921/49)
1871-1209 Joe Kelley* baseball player - Cambridge, MA USA (1943/71)
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1871-1213 Emily Carr* artist/writer - Victoria, BC Canada (1945/73)
1871-1217 Virginia Fábregas* actress - Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico (1950/78)
1871-1225 Katherine “Katie” McKinley* daughter of William McKinley - Canton, OH USA (1875/3)
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Updated 25.9.2023-9 Vienna-Helsinki
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