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Historical Event(s)
– The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
– John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
– A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (“A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” by Thomas Nast for Harper’s Weekly).
– The YWCA is founded in New York City.
– Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
– Reconstruction era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
– Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
– Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
– Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.
Who Were Born On ?
– Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922)
– William Laurel Harris, American mural painter and writer (d. 1924)
– Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (d. 1905)
– Maulvi Abdul Haq, Pakistani scholar (d. 1961)
– Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)
– Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian general (d. 1918)
– Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
– King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
– Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon (d. 1948)
– Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949)