WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1871
Find out what all happened October to December 1871

Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire. (8. October 1871)

The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York. (17. November 1871)

Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 local communities 'Criminal Tribes', i.e. hereditary criminals. Repealed in 1949, after Independence of India. (12. October 1871)

Aida opens in Cairo, Egypt. (24. December 1871)

The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8 to October 10. (10. October 1871)

Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years. (26. December 1871)

Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". (10. November 1871)