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Events in Newman's lifeEvents in the UKEvents in the wider world
  • Publication of 'Sermons preached before the University of Oxford, Essays Critical and Historical'.
  • Henry Morton Stanley tracks down the lost explorer Dr Livingston in Central Africa.
  • Royal Albert Hall opened by Queen Victoria.
  • Trade Unions legalised.
  • Revolt of the Communards in Paris.
  • US Civil Rights Act 1871.
  • Proclamation of the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm and Bismark.