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   Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker in the year 1881.  

Jul 03   On this day in history leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)  

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   Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal in the year 1881.  

Jul 06   Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel) in the year 1881.  

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

Jul 13   In the year 1881 american outlaw Billy the Kid is shot to death  

Jul 14   In the year 1881 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   William "Billy the Kid" Bonney killed by Pat Garrett in the year 1881.  

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) in the year 1881.  

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

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 in the year 1881.  

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

Jul 26   On this day in history alexander J Kropholler, architect  

Jul 26   French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax on this day in history.  

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

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   Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer in the year 1881.  

Aug 01   On this day in history uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay  

Aug 02   In the year 1881 ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift)  

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   122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra) on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1881.  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)  

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   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   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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