Fait mathématique: 1871 is a number n for which n, n+2, n+6, and n+8 are all prime.
Culture générale: 1871 is an uninteresting number.
Date historique: February 13th is the day in 1935 that a jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.