Historical Events In 1881

Mar 13   In the year 1881 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   Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42 in the year 1881.  

Mar 16   In the year 1881 barnum & Bailey Circus debuts  

Mar 16   Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 in the year 1881.  

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   Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) in the year 1881.  

Mar 21   Hermann Sandby, composer in the year 1881.  

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   Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) in the year 1881.  

Mar 23   In the year 1881 nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45  

Mar 24   On this day in history 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   On this day in history thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.  

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

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

Mar 28   In the year 1881 modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16]  

Mar 31   Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Apr 01   On this day in history anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem  

Apr 03   Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53) on this day in history.  

Apr 04   Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls) on this day in history.  

Apr 05   Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty in the year 1881.  

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 in the year 1881.  

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   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   On this day in history george William Martin, composer, dies at 56  

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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 in the year 1881.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)  

Jan 09   Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo) was born in the year 1881.  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)  

Jan 09   Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 21   In the year 1881 death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)  

Jan 25   In the year 1881 death of konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)  

Jan 30   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1881 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.