Events from the year 1871 in Brazil.
Incumbents Monarch: Pedro II Prime Minister: Marquis of São Vicente (until 7 March) Viscount of Rio Branco (starting 7 March)
Events September 28 - Law of Free Birth, or Rio Branco Law, passed by Brazilian Parliament, intending to provide freedom to all newborn children of slaves, and slaves of the state or crown.Teresa A. Meade, A Brief History of Brazil (2009), p. 83.Robert M. Levine, The History of Brazil (2003), p. 68.
Births August 27 - , politician from Minas Gerais (died 1946) September 12 - , general (died 1964)
Deaths February 7 - Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, daughter of Pedro II July 6 - Castro Alves, poet August 11 -, politician (born 1800) August 25 - José de Aquino Pinheiro, colonel of the Brazilian National Guard November 22 - , baron and viscount (born 1831)
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