Historical Events In 1881

May 17   On this day in history frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC  

May 17   In the year 1881 revised version of New Testament  

May 18   In the year 1881 georgi Atanasov, composer  

May 20   In the year 1881 wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general)  

May 21   American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton in the year 1881.  

May 21   On this day in history uS Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed  

May 23   In the year 1881 kit Carson, frontiersman, dies  

May 24   In the year 1881 canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die  

May 24   Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer on this day in history.  

May 24   Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  

May 24   The Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London, Ontario, killing 200 passengers on this day in history.  

May 25   In the year 1881 the birth of Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer  

May 27   In the year 1881 9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5  

May 27   In the year 1881 rudolf Pannwitz, German writer  

May 29   On this day in history frederik Septimus Kelly, composer  

Jun 01   Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange in the year 1881.  

Jun 01   Cholera in Egypt on this day in history.  

Jun 01   In the year 1881 fifth cholera pandemic in India, Germany killing 9,000+ people  

Jun 02   Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens in the year 1881.  

Jun 03   Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian in the year 1881.  

Jun 04   Clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer) in the year 1881.  

Jun 06   On this day in history henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61  

Jun 07   On this day in history 15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47  

Jun 08   Prospero Bisquertt, composer in the year 1881.  

Jun 12   Juan de Hernandez, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 13   The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack on this day in history.  

Jun 14   Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass) on this day in history.  

Jun 14   Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr, Cambridge, Mass in the year 1881.  

Jun 16   On this day in history austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty  

Jun 18   In the year 1881 eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader  

Jun 19   On this day in history muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan  

Jun 24   In the year 1881 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico  

Jun 29   In the year 1881 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud  

Jun 30   On this day in history henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia  

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Jan 01   Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) was born in the year 1881.  

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 in the year 1881.  

Jan 08   Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.  

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   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died in the year 1881.  

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 in the year 1881.  

Feb 02   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 in the year 1881.  

Feb 05   On this day in history 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   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.