Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1881

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

Jun 06 In the year 1881 henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61  

Jun 13 In the year 1881 death of josef Skoda, Czech physician (b. 1805)  

Jun 16 Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801) died in the year 1881.  

Jun 28 In the year 1881 death of jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)  

Jul 04 Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806) died in the year 1881.  

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 in the year 1881.  

Jul 15 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 died in the year 1881.  

Jul 17 In the year 1881 death of jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 06 James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821) died in the year 1881.  

Aug 19 Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1881.  

Sep 07 Sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Sep 08 On this day in history w Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84  

Sep 13 Ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Sep 19 James A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49 in the year 1881.  

Sep 22 Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

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

Oct 01 Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1881.  

Oct 03 Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811) died in the year 1881.  

Oct 22 In the year 1881 janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67  

Oct 26 On this day in history billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies  

Nov 01 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 on this day in history.  

Nov 07 John MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791) died in the year 1881.  

Nov 09 Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well died in the year 1881.  

Nov 21 In the year 1881 death of ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)  

Nov 25 In the year 1881 death of theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)  

Dec 07 Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Dec 13 August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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 Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925) was born in the year 1881.  

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

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer  

Jan 08 On this day in history 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 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 In the year 1881 birth of edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)