Historical figures in 1871
The atlas holds 32 people and 51 moments here, in 1871. The most recorded lives are Victor Hugo, Otto von Bismarck and Émile Zola. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Alexander Graham Bell
in 1871
3 moments here
Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…
Alfred Nobel
in 1871
1 moment here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Camille Pissarro
in 1871
2 moments here
Danish-French painter and a central figure in Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. Born in Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, Pissarro studied in…
Charles Darwin
in 1871
1 moment here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Chulalongkorn
in 1871
2 moments here
Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was King of Siam from 1868 until 1910. His reign combined state centralization, legal and social reform, and diplomacy…
Émile Zola
in 1871
3 moments here
French novelist, journalist, and leading naturalist writer. Born in Paris, Zola spent formative years in Aix-en-Provence before returning to Paris;…
Emperor Meiji
in 1871
1 moment here
Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1871
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1871
2 moments here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
George Bernard Shaw
in 1871
1 moment here
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, became a leading Fabian and dramatist,…
Grover Cleveland
in 1871
1 moment here
Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
Harriet Beecher Stowe
in 1871
1 moment here
American author and abolitionist best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her documented life included formative years in Connecticut, a long residence in…
Imam Shamil
in 1871
1 moment here
Avar imam, political and military leader of the Caucasian Imamate, and principal leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia during the…
James A. Garfield
in 1871
1 moment here
James Abram Garfield was an Ohio educator, Union Army general, U.S. representative, and the 20th president of the United States.…
James Clerk Maxwell
in 1871
1 moment here
Scottish physicist and mathematician whose career moved among Edinburgh, Galloway, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and London.…
José Martí
in 1871
2 moments here
Cuban nationalist, writer, journalist, and organizer of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Martí lived and worked across Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala,…
Marcel Proust
in 1871
1 moment here
French novelist, essayist, and critic, best known for À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time).…
Mark Twain
in 1871
2 moments here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Oscar Wilde
in 1871
1 moment here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1871
3 moments here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Pedro II of Brazil
in 1871
3 moments here
Pedro II (1825–1891) was the second and final emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until the 1889 coup that abolished the monarchy.…
Porfirio Díaz
in 1871
2 moments here
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
in 1871
1 moment here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1871
2 moments here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Moments
- 1871 Return to Brantford Alexander Graham Bell
- 1871 Visible Speech work in Montreal Alexander Graham Bell
- 1871 Inspection of the Ardeer factory site Alfred Nobel
- 1871 Marriage in Croydon Camille Pissarro
- 1871 Return to Louveciennes after the war Camille Pissarro
- 1871 Study visit to Java Chulalongkorn
- 1871 Study visit to Singapore Chulalongkorn
- 1871 Forest Street home Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1871 Bitterroot Salish negotiations James A. Garfield
- 1871 First Cavendish Professor James Clerk Maxwell
- 1871 Exile voyage to Cádiz José Martí
- 1871 Residence and study in Madrid José Martí
- 1871 Makes a London trip Mark Twain
- 1871 Trinity College Dublin student Oscar Wilde
- 1871 Armistice negotiations at Versailles Otto von Bismarck
- 1871 Proclamation of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck
- 1871 Residence at Friedrichsruh Otto von Bismarck
- 1871 Visit to Giza Necropolis Pedro II of Brazil
- 1871 Visit to Leopoldina's tomb Pedro II of Brazil
- 1871 Stopover in Salt Lake City Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1871 Refuge at Saint-Germain-en-Laye Sarah Bernhardt
- 1871 Metropolitan Institution schooling Swami Vivekananda
- 1871 Establishes Newark manufacturing base Thomas Edison
- 1871 Follows the Assembly to Bordeaux Victor Hugo
- 1871 Childhood summers at Kokushkino Vladimir Lenin
- 1871 Marriage to Ida Saxton William McKinley
- 1871 Sheriff's-office correspondence in Buffalo Grover Cleveland
- 1871 Death in Medina Imam Shamil
- 1871 Return to Paris after the war Émile Zola
- 1871 Birth in Zamość Rosa Luxemburg
- 1871 Training teachers at Boston School for Deaf Mutes Alexander Graham Bell
- 1871 Refuge at Bennecourt Émile Zola
- 1871 Made his final gambling visit to Wiesbaden Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1871 Return to Paris after the Commune Émile Zola
- 1871 Visit to Lisbon Pedro II of Brazil
- 1871 Visits Yosemite Valley Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1871 Return to rue de Rome Sarah Bernhardt
- 1871 Expelled from Belgium Victor Hugo
- 1871 Visit to Kamenka Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1871 Arrives in Luxembourg as a refugee Victor Hugo
- 1871 Takes refuge in Vianden Victor Hugo
- 1871 Family holiday at Albury Charles Darwin
- 1871 Returned permanently to Saint Petersburg Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1871 Birth in Auteuil Marcel Proust
- 1871 Birth at Spring Grove Ernest Rutherford
- 1871 Junior clerk in Dublin George Bernard Shaw
- 1871 Moves to Hartford Mark Twain
- 1871 Boarding residence at Lorne Lodge Rudyard Kipling
- 1871 Inspection of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Emperor Meiji
- 1871 Capture of Ixtlán during La Noria revolt Porfirio Díaz