Historical Events In 1881

Jul 01   In the year 1881 piet[er] L Kramer, architect (Amsterdam School)  

Jul 01   On this day in history uS Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens  

Jul 02   On this day in history pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker  

Jul 03   Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!) in the year 1881.  

Jul 04   On this day in history booker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama)  

Jul 04   Brooker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute in the year 1881.  

Jul 05   On this day in history augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal  

Jul 06   Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel) on this day in history.  

Jul 12   Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12] on this day in history.  

Jul 13   American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot to death on this day in history.  

Jul 14   On a ranch near old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, the infamous Western outlaw known as "Billy the Kid" was shot to death by Pat Garrett, the sheriff of Lincoln County on this day in history.  

Jul 15   William "Billy the Kid" Bonney killed by Pat Garrett on this day in history.  

Jul 15   On this day in history william "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21  

Jul 19   In the year 1881 adriaan J Zoetmulder, Dutch writer/directer (Eindhovens Dagblad)  

Jul 20   Leon de Smet, Flemish painter in the year 1881.  

Jul 20   Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 26   In the year 1881 alexander J Kropholler, architect  

Jul 26   On this day in history french marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax  

Jul 26   George Borrow, writer, dies in the year 1881.  

Jul 27   In the year 1881 hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930)  

Jul 27   On this day in history johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84  

Aug 01   Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer in the year 1881.  

Aug 01   US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift) in the year 1881.  

Aug 02   Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 in the year 1881.  

Aug 03   Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous in the year 1881.  

Aug 04   In the year 1881 122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record)  

Aug 04   On this day in history 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)  

Aug 06   Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954) on this day in history.  

Aug 08   On this day in history paul L E von Kleist, German general-fieldmarshal (Eastern Front)  

Aug 10   Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder in the year 1881.  

Aug 12   In the year 1881 cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)  

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 in the year 1881.  

Jan 09   In the year 1881 birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)  

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

Jan 01   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died in the year 1881.  

Jan 21   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died in the year 1881.  

Jan 25   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.