Page 3: 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 18   In the year 1881 oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)   

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

Mar 23   On this day in history boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

Mar 23   In the year 1881 boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war   

Mar 23   Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die on this day in history.   

Mar 23   In the year 1881 hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)   

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

Mar 28   Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16] on this day in history.   

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

Apr 01   Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem in the year 1881.   

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

Apr 04   On this day in history charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)   

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

Apr 07   In the year 1881 pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65   

Apr 08   In the year 1881 fernand Lamy, composer   

Apr 11   Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 11   On this day in history 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   The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas in the year 1881.   

Apr 16   On this day in history edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)   

Jan 01   In the year 1881 birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)   

Jan 04   Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

Jan 08   In the year 1881 birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)   

Jan 09   In the year 1881 birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)   

Jan 09   In the year 1881 birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)   

Jan 09   In the year 1881 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   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 25   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 30   On this day in history jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58   

Feb 02   In the year 1881 aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59   

Feb 05   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1881 pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

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