Famous Deaths In 1881

Jun 03 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian in the year 1881.  

Jun 06 Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Jun 13 Josef Skoda, Czech physician (b. 1805) died on this day in history.  

Jun 16 On this day in history death of marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)  

Jun 28 Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

Jul 04 In the year 1881 death of johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)  

Jul 10 On this day in history death of georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (b. 1812)  

Jul 14 Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?) died on this day in history.  

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

Jul 17 On this day in history death of jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)  

Jul 20 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies in the year 1881.  

Jul 26 In the year 1881 george Borrow, writer, dies  

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

Aug 02 Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 died in the year 1881.  

Aug 06 James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

Aug 19 On this day in history joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79  

Sep 07 In the year 1881 sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39  

Sep 08 In the year 1881 w Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84  

Sep 13 In the year 1881 ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57  

Sep 19 On this day in history james A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49  

Sep 22 In the year 1881 death of solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831)  

Sep 24 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 01 On this day in history frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78  

Oct 03 On this day in history death of orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)  

Oct 22 Janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Oct 26 Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies in the year 1881.  

Nov 01 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 in the year 1881.  

Nov 07 On this day in history death of john MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791)  

Nov 09 Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well died on this day in history.  

Nov 21 Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.  

Nov 25 On this day in history death of theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)  

Dec 07 On this day in history julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51  

Dec 13 August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 in the year 1881.  

Dec 17 Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 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 In the year 1881 birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)  

Jan 04 In the year 1881 birth of wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)  

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

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)  

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