1871
This page lists news articles and events for the year 1871.
Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.
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Undated
- Event: P.T. Barnum establishes his traveling circus: “P.T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome”
- Event: The Bloody Benders of Kansas open their inn, and start quietly killing travelers.
- Event: Halbert E. Paine completes his third and final term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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September
October
- October 8:
- Event: The Peshtigo Fire, the largest fire in U.S. History, sweeps across a large part of Northern Wisconsin
- Event: The Great Chicago Fire devastates the city.
November
December
- December 26:
- Event: First performance of Thespis; or, The Gods Grown Old; the first collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, at the Gaiety Theater in London.
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