What Happened in December 1871

Historical Events

"Thespis"

Dec 26 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera "Thespis"; despite modest success they do not collaborate again for four years

Events in 1871

Famous Birthdays

Dec 1 Archie MacLaren, English cricket batsman and captain (35 Tests; 424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895), born in Manchester, England (d. 1944)
Dec 5 Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (invented bulldogging), born in Jenks-Branch, Texas (d. 1932)
Dec 9 Joe Kelley, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL stolen base leader 1896 Baltimore Orioles) and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Boston Doves), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1943)
Dec 13 Emily Carr, Canadian painter, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (d. 1945)
Dec 13 Herman Theodoor Colenbrander, Dutch historian, born in Drachten, Netherlands (d. 1945)
Dec 13 Russell W. Porter, American artist and explorer (Alaska), born in Springfield, Vermont (d. 1949)
Dec 20 Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer and conductor, born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 1937)
Dec 24 Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy, Bright Paradise), (d. 1932)