Historical Events In 1881

May 17   On this day in history frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC   

May 17   In the year 1881 revised version of New Testament   

May 18   In the year 1881 georgi Atanasov, composer   

May 20   Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general) on this day in history.   

May 21   In the year 1881 american Red Cross founded by Clara Barton   

May 21   US Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed in the year 1881.   

May 23   Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies in the year 1881.   

May 24   On this day in history canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die   

May 24   On this day in history mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer   

May 24   Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1881 the Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London, Ontario, killing 200 passengers   

May 25   In the year 1881 the birth of Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer   

May 27   9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5 on this day in history.   

May 27   Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer in the year 1881.   

May 29   On this day in history frederik Septimus Kelly, composer   

Jun 01   Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange in the year 1881.   

Jun 01   In the year 1881 cholera in Egypt   

Jun 01   Fifth cholera pandemic in India, Germany killing 9,000+ people in the year 1881.   

Jun 02   On this day in history haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens   

Jun 03   On this day in history japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian   

Jun 04   Clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer) on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1881 henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61   

Jun 07   15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47 on this day in history.   

Jun 08   Prospero Bisquertt, composer in the year 1881.   

Jun 12   On this day in history juan de Hernandez, composer   

Jun 13   In the year 1881 the USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.   

Jun 14   On this day in history player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass)   

Jun 14   Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr, Cambridge, Mass in the year 1881.   

Jun 16   Austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty in the year 1881.   

Jun 18   Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader on this day in history.   

Jun 19   In the year 1881 muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan   

Jun 24   200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico on this day in history.   

Jun 29   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud on this day in history.   

Jun 30   In the year 1881 henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)   

Jan 01   In the year 1881 birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)   

Jan 04   Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)   

Jan 01   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1881 death of konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)   

Jan 30   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1881 aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59   

Feb 05   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 in the year 1881.   

Feb 06   On this day in history pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

Feb 07   In the year 1881 fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73