Births on January 8

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

Born on January 8, 1871

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1940)

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon PC PC (NI) DL (8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940), was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1921 until his death in 1940. He was created a baronet in 1918 and raised to the Peerage in 1927.

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Events on 1871

28 Jan

Siege of Paris (1870-71)
Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
17 Feb

Siege of Paris (1870-71)
The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
21 May

Bloody Week
French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
28 Sep

Slavery in Brazil
The Brazilian Parliament passes the Law of the Free Womb, granting freedom to all new children born to slaves, the first major step in the eradication of slavery in Brazil.
8 Oct

Great Chicago Fire
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.

Births on January 8

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

Born on January 8, 1871

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Events on 1871

Siege of Paris (1870-71)

Siege of Paris (1870-71)

Bloody Week

Slavery in Brazil

Great Chicago Fire