Jan 01 On this day in history death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)
Jan 21 On this day in history death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)
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 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 in the year 1881.
Feb 05 Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1881.