Page 5: Historical Events In 1881

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

May 17   Revised version of New Testament on this day in history.   

May 18   Georgi Atanasov, composer on this day in history.   

May 20   On this day in history wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general)   

May 21   American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton on this day in history.   

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   Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die in the year 1881.   

May 24   Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer in the year 1881.   

May 24   Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies in the year 1881.   

May 24   In the year 1881 the Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London, Ontario, killing 200 passengers   

May 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Fifth cholera pandemic in India, Germany killing 9,000+ people on this day in history.   

Jun 02   On this day in history haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens   

Jun 03   Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian on this day in history.   

Jun 04   On this day in history clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer)   

Jun 06   Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 08   Prospero Bisquertt, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 12   In the year 1881 juan de Hernandez, composer   

Jun 13   The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack in the year 1881.   

Jun 14   On this day in history player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass)   

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

Jun 16   Austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty on this day in history.   

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

Jun 19   Muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan on this day in history.   

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

Jun 29   On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud   

Jun 30   Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1881 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   In the year 1881 birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)   

Jan 09   Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1881 death of konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)   

Jan 30   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 in the year 1881.   

Feb 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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