Historical Events In 1881

Jul 01   1st international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB on this day in history.  

Jul 01   On this day in history first international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB  

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   In the year 1881 pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker  

Jul 03   In the year 1881 leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)  

Jul 04   Booker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama) on this day in history.  

Jul 04   Brooker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute on this day in history.  

Jul 05   Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal in the year 1881.  

Jul 06   In the year 1881 josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel)  

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

Jul 13   On this day in history american outlaw Billy the Kid is shot to death  

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   On this day in history william "Billy the Kid" Bonney killed by Pat Garrett  

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

Jul 19   Adriaan J Zoetmulder, Dutch writer/directer (Eindhovens Dagblad) on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Leon de Smet, Flemish painter on this day in history.  

Jul 20   On this day in history sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops  

Jul 20   In the year 1881 sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops  

Jul 20   On this day in history thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies  

Jul 26   Alexander J Kropholler, architect in the year 1881.  

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

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

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

Jul 27   Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer  

Aug 01   US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay in the year 1881.  

Aug 02   Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift) on this day in history.  

Aug 02   In the year 1881 marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

Aug 03   On this day in history boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous  

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

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

Aug 06   In the year 1881 alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)  

Aug 08   Paul L E von Kleist, German general-fieldmarshal (Eastern Front) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1881 birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)  

Jan 09   Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo) was born in the year 1881.  

Jan 09   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born in the year 1881.  

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

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

Jan 21   In the year 1881 death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)  

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

Jan 30   In the year 1881 jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58  

Feb 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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.