- 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.
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