Historical Events In 1881

Oct 26   In the year 1881 shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az  

Oct 29   On this day in history judge (U.S. magazine) first published.  

Oct 30   In the year 1881 lena Christ, writer  

Oct 31   Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams) in the year 1881.  

Nov 01   On this day in history jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22  

Nov 02   In the year 1881 dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms  

Nov 04   On this day in history gena Branscombe, composer  

Nov 05   In the year 1881 french government-Ferry resigns  

Nov 09   Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well in the year 1881.  

Nov 14   Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination on this day in history.  

Nov 14   In the year 1881 charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination  

Nov 15   American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh) in the year 1881.  

Nov 15   On this day in history franklin P Adams, Chicago Ill, columnist (Information Please)  

Nov 17   Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP in the year 1881.  

Nov 18   Percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove) on this day in history.  

Nov 19   A meteorite lands near the village of Großliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine on this day in history.  

Nov 25   In the year 1881 john XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)  

Nov 28   In the year 1881 stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity)  

Dec 03   Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa on this day in history.  

Dec 04   Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot) in the year 1881.  

Dec 04   In the year 1881 the first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.  

Dec 05   47th Congress (1881-83) convenes in the year 1881.  

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

Dec 08   In the year 1881 padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)  

Dec 08   In the year 1881 vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850  

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

Dec 15   On this day in history james Schneider, NY, actor (Keystone Kops)  

Dec 17   Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent) in the year 1881.  

Dec 17   Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Dec 19   In the year 1881 opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels)  

Dec 19   The opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) in the year 1881.  

Dec 20   Branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers) in the year 1881.  

Dec 22   Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician in the year 1881.  

Dec 24   Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer in the year 1881.  

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Jan 01   Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1881 birth of wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)  

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

Jan 09   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)  

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   On this day in history jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58  

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

Feb 05   In the year 1881 thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85  

Feb 06   In the year 1881 pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68  

Feb 07   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 in the year 1881.