Historical Events In 1881

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

Mar 13   On this day in history 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  

Mar 15   On this day in history emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42  

Mar 16   Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1881 gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die  

Mar 23   In the year 1881 hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)  

Mar 23   Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1881.  

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

Mar 25   On this day in history béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra)  

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

Mar 27   On this day in history rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.  

Mar 28   In the year 1881 greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey  

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

Mar 31   Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1881.  

Apr 01   Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem in the year 1881.  

Apr 03   Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53) in the year 1881.  

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

Apr 05   In the year 1881 transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty  

Apr 07   Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65 in the year 1881.  

Apr 08   In the year 1881 fernand Lamy, composer  

Apr 11   Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer on this day in history.  

Apr 11   Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40 in the year 1881.  

Apr 11   On this day in history river ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die  

Apr 14   In the year 1881 anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)  

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

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

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

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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   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born in the year 1881.  

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   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)  

Jan 21   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 30   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 in the year 1881.  

Feb 02   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 in the year 1881.  

Feb 05   On this day in history thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85  

Feb 06   Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 in the year 1881.  

Feb 07   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.