Famous Deaths In 1881

Jun 03 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian on this day in history.  

Jun 06 Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 in the year 1881.  

Jun 13 Josef Skoda, Czech physician (b. 1805) died in the year 1881.  

Jun 16 In the year 1881 death of marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)  

Jun 28 On this day in history death of jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)  

Jul 04 Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806) died in the year 1881.  

Jul 10 Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (b. 1812) died in the year 1881.  

Jul 14 Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?) died in the year 1881.  

Jul 15 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 died on this day in history.  

Jul 17 Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804) died in the year 1881.  

Jul 20 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies in the year 1881.  

Jul 26 On this day in history george Borrow, writer, dies  

Jul 27 In the year 1881 johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84  

Aug 02 On this day in history death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

Aug 06 In the year 1881 death of james White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)  

Aug 19 Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1881.  

Sep 07 Sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1881.  

Sep 08 On this day in history w Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84  

Sep 13 In the year 1881 ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57  

Sep 19 In the year 1881 james A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49  

Sep 22 Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

Sep 24 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 01 On this day in history frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78  

Oct 03 On this day in history death of orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)  

Oct 22 On this day in history janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67  

Oct 26 Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies in the year 1881.  

Nov 01 In the year 1881 jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22  

Nov 07 John MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791) died in the year 1881.  

Nov 09 Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well died on this day in history.  

Nov 21 Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.  

Nov 25 In the year 1881 death of theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)  

Dec 07 On this day in history julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51  

Dec 13 On this day in history august Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43  

Dec 17 In the year 1881 lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62  

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Jan 01 In the year 1881 birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)  

Jan 01 Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born in the year 1881.  

Jan 05 Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born in the year 1881.  

Jan 08 In the year 1881 birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)  

Jan 09 In the year 1881 birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)  

Jan 09 Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born in the year 1881.