Page 3: 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   Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 16   Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 18   On this day in history barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)   

Mar 18   Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Hermann Sandby, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 24   Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69 in the year 1881.   

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

Mar 26   Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1881.   

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

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

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

Apr 05   Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty on this day in history.   

Apr 07   On this day in history pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65   

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   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   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Apr 16   George William Martin, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1881.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1881 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   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   On this day in history birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)   

Jan 09   Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo) was born on this day in history.   

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.   

Jan 01   In the year 1881 death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history 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   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1881 thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73