Page 3: Historical Events In 1881

Mar 13   On this day in history balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer   

Mar 13   In Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government in the year 1881.   

Mar 15   Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42 in the year 1881.   

Mar 16   On this day in history barnum & Bailey Circus debuts   

Mar 16   In the year 1881 modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

Mar 17   Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris) in the year 1881.   

Mar 18   In the year 1881 barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)   

Mar 18   On this day in history oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)   

Mar 21   On this day in history hermann Sandby, composer   

Mar 23   In the year 1881 boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

Mar 23   Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war on this day in history.   

Mar 23   On this day in history gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die   

Mar 23   Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1881 friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69   

Mar 25   Béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) in the year 1881.   

Mar 26   In the year 1881 thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.   

Mar 27   In the year 1881 rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.   

Mar 28   Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16] in the year 1881.   

Mar 31   In the year 1881 gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73   

Apr 01   Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem on this day in history.   

Apr 03   In the year 1881 alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53)   

Apr 04   In the year 1881 charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)   

Apr 05   On this day in history transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty   

Apr 07   Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Apr 08   Fernand Lamy, composer in the year 1881.   

Apr 11   In the year 1881 harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer   

Apr 11   In the year 1881 kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40   

Apr 11   River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die in the year 1881.   

Apr 14   Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater) on this day in history.   

Apr 14   On this day in history the Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas.   

Apr 16   In the year 1881 edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)   

Apr 16   In the year 1881 george William Martin, composer, dies at 56   

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Jan 01   In the year 1881 birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)   

Jan 01   In the year 1881 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   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born in the year 1881.   

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

Jan 01   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 21   On this day in history death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)   

Jan 25   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58   

Feb 02   In the year 1881 aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59   

Feb 05   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 in the year 1881.   

Feb 06   On this day in history pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

Feb 07   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 in the year 1881.