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In the year 1871

307 Notable birthdays

Ernest Rutherford

New zealand-born british physicist (1871–1937).

Born August 30th, 1871 in Spring Grove. [ref]

Died October 19th, 1937 at 66 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922).

Born July 10th, 1871 in Paris. [ref]

Died November 18th, 1922 at 51 years old in Paris (pneumonia). [ref]

Rosa Luxemburg

Polish marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary, editor (1871–1919).

Born March 5th, 1871 in Zamość. [ref]

Died January 15th, 1919 at 47 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Guangxu Emperor

Chinese emperor (1871-1908).

Born August 14th, 1871 in Prince Chun Mansion.

Died November 14th, 1908 at 37 years old in Zhongnanhai (arsenic poisoning).

Friedrich Ebert

German politician, president of germany (1871-1925).

Born February 4th, 1871 in Heidelberg. [ref]

Died February 28th, 1925 at 54 years old in Berlin (peritonitis). [ref]

Abanindranath Tagore

Indian painter and writer (1871–1951).

Born August 7th, 1871 in Kolkata. [ref]

Died December 5th, 1951 at 80 years old in Kolkata. [ref]

Emily Carr

Canadian painter and writer (1871-1945).

Born December 13th, 1871 in Victoria. [ref]

Died March 2nd, 1945 at 73 years old in Victoria (myocardial infarction). [ref]

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist.

Born June 17th, 1871 in Jacksonville. [ref]

Died June 26th, 1938 at 67 years old in Wiscasset (traffic collision). [ref]

Theodore Dreiser

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945).

Born August 27th, 1871 in Terre Haute. [ref]

Died December 28th, 1945 at 74 years old in Hollywood. [ref]

Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

British soldier and conservative politician (1871-1934).

Born November 13th, 1871 in Shimla.

Died June 30th, 1934 at 62 years old in Blenheim Palace.

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