Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1881

Jun 03 Japanese giant salamander:  

Jun 06 Henry vieuxtemps: Belgian composer,  

Jun 13 Josef skoda: Czech physician (b. 1805)  

Jun 16 Marie laveau: American voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)  

Jun 28 Jules armand dufaure: French statesman (b. 1798)  

Jul 04 Johan vilhelm snellman: Finnish statesman (b. 1806)  

Jul 10 Georg hermann nicolai: German architect (b. 1812)  

Jul 14 Billy the kid: American outlaw (b. 1859?)  

Jul 15 William "billy the kid" bonney: Shot by sheriff pat garrett at 21  

Jul 17 Jim bridger: American mountain man, indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)  

Jul 20 Thomas fermor-hesketh: English 1st baron of hesketh,  

Jul 26 George borrow: Writer,  

Jul 27 Johann christian lobe: Composer,  

Aug 02 Marcus andrews hislop clarke: Author (his natural life) at 35  

Aug 06 James white: Co-founder of the seventh-day adventist church (b. 1821)  

Aug 19 Joseph labitzky: Composer,  

Sep 07 Sidney clopton lanier: Composer,  

Sep 08 W frederik k: Prince of netherlands/general/admiral,  

Sep 13 Ambrose everett burnside: Us union general,  

Sep 19 James a garfield: 20th president (1881),  

Sep 22 Solomon l. spink: U.s. congressman from illinois (b. 1831)  

Sep 24 Luigi ferdinando casamorata: Composer,  

Oct 01 Frantisek matej hilmar: Composer,  

Oct 03 Orson pratt: American religious leader (b. 1811)  

Oct 22 Janis cimze: Composer,  

Oct 26 Billy clanton: Brother of ike,  

Nov 01 Jacques f h perk: Dutch poet (iris),  

Nov 07 John machale: Irish archbishop (tuam) and writer (b. 1791)  

Nov 09 Edwin drake: Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well.  

Nov 21 Ami boué: Austrian geologist (b. 1794)  

Nov 25 Theobald boehm: German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)  

Dec 07 Julius fa bahnsen: Ger philosopher (tragic as weltgesetz),  

Dec 13 August senoa: Croatian writer (kletva [the curse]),  

Dec 17 Lewis h morgan: Us ethnologist (iroquois-indians),  

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Jan 01 Carry van bridges: [de haan], dutch author (heleen, eva)  

Jan 01 Vajiravudh: King of thailand  

Jan 04 Wilhelm lehmbruck: German painter/poet/sculptor (seated youth)  

Jan 05 Nikolay andreyevich roslavets: Composer  

Jan 08 Henrik shipstead: American politician  

Jan 09 Giovanni papini: Italy, writer (il diavolo)  

Jan 09 Lascelles abercrombie: English poet/critic (revaluations)  

Jan 09 Edouard beaupré: Horse lifter