1871

Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s

Years: 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 - 1871 - 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876

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Events

• [Paris Commune]? in aftermath of Franco-Prussian? War
• Foundation of the German Empire.
• Airy? discovers astronomical aberration is independent of the local medium.

Births

Deaths

• October 18 - Charles Babbage, aged 79, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines