Page 3: Historical Events In 1881

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

Mar 16   Barnum and Bailey Circus debuts   

Mar 16   Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

Mar 17   Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)   

Mar 18   Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG).   

Mar 18   Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)   

Mar 21   Hermann Sandby, composer.   

Mar 23   Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

Mar 23   Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end inaugural Boer war.   

Mar 23   Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die.   

Mar 23   Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)   

Mar 23   Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45.   

Mar 24   Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69.   

Mar 25   Béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra).   

Mar 26   Thessaly is freed and is recorded as becoming 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.   

Mar 28   Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum and James A Bailey   

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

Mar 31   Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73.   

Apr 01   Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem.   

Apr 03   Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53)   

Apr 04   Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk and Wagnalls).   

Apr 05   Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty   

Apr 07   Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65.   

Apr 08   Fernand Lamy, composer   

Apr 11   Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer   

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

Apr 11   River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die   

Apr 14   Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)   

Apr 14   The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas   

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

Apr 16   George William Martin, composer, dies at 56.   

Apr 16   In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle   

Apr 17   Anton Wildgans, writer.   

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Jan 01   Carry van bridges: [de haan], dutch author (heleen, eva)   

Jan 01   Vajiravudh: King of thailand    

Jan 04   Wilhelm lehmbruck: German painter/poet/sculptor (seated youth)   

Jan 05   Nikolay andreyevich roslavets: Composer   

Jan 08   Henrik shipstead: American politician    

Jan 09   Giovanni papini: Italy, writer (il diavolo)   

Jan 09   Lascelles abercrombie: English poet/critic (revaluations)   

Jan 09   Edouard beaupré: Horse lifter    

Jan 01   Louis auguste blanqui: French political activist (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   Wilhelm matthias naeff: Swiss federal councilor (b. 1802)   

Jan 25   Konstantin thon: Russian architect (b. 1794)   

Jan 30   Jaak nikolaas lemmens: Flemish composer,   

Feb 02   Aleksej f pisemski: Russian writer (clodhopper),    

Feb 05   Thomas carlyle: Historian/essayist,    

Feb 06   Pieter mijer: Gov-gen of neth in   

Feb 07   Fredrik cygnaeus: Finnish poet/literature critic,