Page 3: Historical Events In 1881

Mar 13   In the year 1881 balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer   

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

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

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

Mar 17   In the year 1881 kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)   

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   Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war in the year 1881.   

Mar 23   On this day in history boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war   

Mar 23   Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die in the year 1881.   

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

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

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 in the year 1881.   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16]   

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

Apr 01   In the year 1881 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) in the year 1881.   

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

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   Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer in the year 1881.   

Apr 11   Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 14   On this day in history anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)   

Apr 14   The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas in the year 1881.   

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

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born in the year 1881.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)   

Jan 09   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)   

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   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 30   In the year 1881 jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58   

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   In the year 1881 fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73