What is 1871?
{{Year nav|1871}} {{Year in various calendars|1871}} {{Year article header|1871}} == Events == * [[January 2]] – [[Amadeus I]] becomes King of [[Spain]]. * [[January 18]] – [[Germany]] becomes a unified country called the [[German Empire]] when states of the [[North German Confederation]] and south German states of the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]], the [[Kingdom of Württemberg]], the [[Grand Duchy of Baden]] and the [[Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt]] unite. The [[List of Kings of Prussia|King of Prussia]] becomes the first [[List of German Kings and Emperors|German Emperor]] as [[Wilhelm I of Germany]]. * [[January 10]] – [[France]] surrenders (gives up) to end the [[Franco-Prussian War]] * [[March 22]] – In [[North Carolina]], [[William Woods Holden|William Holden]] is the first American [[governor]] (leader of a U.S. state) to be [[impeachment|impeached]] (removed from office) * [[March 26]] – The [[Paris Commune]] takes power in [[Paris]]. * [[March 29]] – The [[Royal Albert Hall]] is opened by [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]. * [[April]] – [[Handelsbanken|Stockholms Handelsbank]] is formed. * [[October 12]] – The introduction of the so-called [[Criminal Tribes Act]] was enacted in '''[[British India]]'''. == Births == * [[January 17]] – [[David Betty|David Earl Betty of the North Sea and of Brooksby]], British [[admiral]] (navy leader) (d. [[1936]]) * [[January 30]] – [[Wilfred Lucas]], actor (d. [[1940]]) * [[February 4]] – [[Friedrich Ebert]], president of the [[Weimar Republic]] (d. [[1925]]) * [[March 5]] – [[Rosa Luxemburg]], politician (d. [[1919]]) * [[March 27]] – [[Heinrich Mann]], speaker and writer (d. [[1950]]) * [[May 6]] – [[Christian Morgenstern]], writer (d. [[1914]]) * [[May 27]] – [[Georges Rouault]], painter and artist (d. [[1958]]). * [[July 23]] – Tsunesaburō Makiguchi (Japanese old [[Lunar calendar]] 6 June was an incorrect date using in [[Gregorian calendar]]), First president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) (d. [[1944]]). * [[August 19]] – [[Orville Wright]] of the [[W