Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1881

Jun 03 On this day in history japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian  

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

Jul 14 On this day in history death of billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?)  

Jul 15 On this day in history death of william "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21  

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 On this day in history george Borrow, writer, dies  

Jul 27 Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84 in the year 1881.  

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 in the year 1881.  

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

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

Oct 01 In the year 1881 frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78  

Oct 03 In the year 1881 death of orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)  

Oct 22 On this day in history janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67  

Oct 26 Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 01 On this day in history jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22  

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

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

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

Dec 17 In the year 1881 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 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 On this day in history birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)  

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

Jan 09 Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born in the year 1881.