Time Line 1871
- cult confirmation for Blessed Jeanne Marie de Maille
- death of Anatole de Bengy
- death of Blessed Mary of Providence
- death of Blessed Edmund Bojanowski
- death of Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori proclaimed a Doctor of the Church
- Bavaria becomes part of the German Empire
- Marian apparition at Pontmain, France
- birth of Robert Hugh Benson
- birth of Blessed George Matulaitis
- birth of Venerable Vincent Cimatti
- breakaway of the Old Catholics sect
- Franco-Prussian War
| 1870 | 1872 |
