Historical Events In 1881

May 17   Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC in the year 1881.  

May 17   In the year 1881 revised version of New Testament  

May 18   Georgi Atanasov, composer in the year 1881.  

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

May 21   On this day in history american Red Cross founded by Clara Barton  

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

May 23   Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies on this day in history.  

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

May 24   On this day in history mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer  

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

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

May 25   The birth of Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer in the year 1881.  

May 27   On this day in history 9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5  

May 27   On this day in history rudolf Pannwitz, German writer  

May 29   In the year 1881 frederik Septimus Kelly, composer  

Jun 01   On this day in history bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange  

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   Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens in the year 1881.  

Jun 03   On this day in history japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian  

Jun 04   In the year 1881 clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer)  

Jun 06   In the year 1881 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   On this day in history juan de Hernandez, composer  

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

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

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

Jun 16   Austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty in the year 1881.  

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   200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico in the year 1881.  

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

Jun 30   Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia in the year 1881.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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   Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born in the year 1881.  

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   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   On this day in history death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   On this day in history aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59  

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 in the year 1881.