Historical Events In 1881

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

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

Jul 04   In the year 1881 booker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama)  

Jul 04   In the year 1881 brooker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute  

Jul 05   Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal on this day in history.  

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

Jul 12   On this day in history ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12]  

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

Jul 14   On this day in history 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  

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

Jul 20   In the year 1881 leon de Smet, Flemish painter  

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

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

Jul 20   In the year 1881 thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies  

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

Jul 26   French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax in the year 1881.  

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

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

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

Aug 01   In the year 1881 emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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   Cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra) 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   On this day in history birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)  

Jan 04   Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born in the year 1881.  

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born in the year 1881.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1881 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1881 death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)  

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

Jan 25   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.  

Jan 30   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 in the year 1881.  

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   Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Feb 07   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.