Historical Events In 1881

Jul 01   Piet[er] L Kramer, architect (Amsterdam School) in the year 1881.  

Jul 01   US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens in the year 1881.  

Jul 02   In the year 1881 pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker  

Jul 03   Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!) on this day in history.  

Jul 04   Booker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama) in the year 1881.  

Jul 04   On this day in history brooker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute  

Jul 05   In the year 1881 augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal  

Jul 06   On this day in history josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel)  

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

Jul 13   In the year 1881 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   William "Billy the Kid" Bonney killed by Pat Garrett on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Jul 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1881 george Borrow, writer, dies  

Jul 27   Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930) on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 04   On this day in history 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) in the year 1881.  

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

Aug 10   On this day in history albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder  

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

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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   On this day in history birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 25   On this day in history death of konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)  

Jan 30   In the year 1881 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   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 07   On this day in history fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73