The world in 1871

General

• †  German Empire created – Wilhelm I of Germany is first Emperor of Germany.
• †  Paris Commune established, later crushed by Third Republic.
• †  Royal Albert Hall opened.

Census

• †  The census taken on the night of 2 April 1871 gave the total population as 22,723,000.

Literature

• †  George Eliot – Middlemarch
• †  Lewis Carroll – Through the looking glass
• †  Marcel Proust is born

Political and Military

• †  Trade Unions legalised in the UK
• †  Ulysses S Grant American President.
• †  Religious tests removed for Oxford and Cambridge Universities

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