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 in the year 1881.  

Jun 28 Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798) died in the year 1881.  

Jul 04 Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806) died on this day in history.  

Jul 10 Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (b. 1812) died in the year 1881.  

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 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 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 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 in the year 1881.  

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

Sep 13 On this day in history ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57  

Sep 19 In the year 1881 james A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49  

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 in the year 1881.  

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

Oct 03 In the year 1881 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 on this day in history.  

Nov 01 In the year 1881 jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22  

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 On this day in history death of ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)  

Nov 25 Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.  

Dec 07 Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 in the year 1881.  

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

Dec 17 On this day in history lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62  

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Jan 01 Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) was born in the year 1881.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)  

Jan 04 Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born in the year 1881.  

Jan 05 In the year 1881 birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer  

Jan 08 Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 In the year 1881 birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)  

Jan 09 In the year 1881 birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)  

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