Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 in the year 1881.  

Jun 16 Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801) died on this day in history.  

Jun 28 On this day in history death of jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)  

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

Jul 10 In the year 1881 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 On this day in history death of william "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21  

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

Jul 20 On this day in history thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies  

Jul 26 George Borrow, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 27 Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1881.  

Aug 02 On this day in history death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

Aug 06 In the year 1881 death of james White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)  

Aug 19 In the year 1881 joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79  

Sep 07 On this day in history 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 James A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49 on this day in history.  

Sep 22 Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831) died in the year 1881.  

Sep 24 In the year 1881 luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74  

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

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

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

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 In the year 1881 death of edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well.  

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

Nov 25 Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

Dec 07 In the year 1881 julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51  

Dec 13 In the year 1881 august Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43  

Dec 17 Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 in the year 1881.  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)  

Jan 01 Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

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 Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born in the year 1881.  

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 Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.