Historical Events In 1881
Saturday, 30 September 2023
Mar 13 Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer in the year 1881.
Mar 13 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 in the year 1881.
Mar 15 In the year 1881 emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42
Mar 16 Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts in the year 1881.
Mar 16 On this day in history modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42
Mar 17 On this day in history kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)
Mar 18 On this day in history barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)
Mar 18 In the year 1881 oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)
Mar 21 In the year 1881 hermann Sandby, composer
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 in the year 1881.
Mar 23 In the year 1881 gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die
Mar 23 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey in the year 1881.
Mar 28 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16] on this day in history.
Mar 31 On this day in history gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73
Apr 01 Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem on this day in history.
Apr 03 In the year 1881 alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53)
Apr 04 In the year 1881 charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)
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 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 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 in the year 1881.
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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