Historical Events In 1881

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

May 17   Revised version of New Testament in the year 1881.   

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

May 20   Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general) in the year 1881.   

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

May 21   In the year 1881 uS Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed   

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

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

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   On this day in history the Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London, Ontario, killing 200 passengers   

May 25   The birth of Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer on this day in history.   

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   Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer in the year 1881.   

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

Jun 01   On this day in history cholera in Egypt   

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   In the year 1881 japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian   

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   15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47 in the year 1881.   

Jun 08   On this day in history prospero Bisquertt, composer   

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   In the year 1881 player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass)   

Jun 14   In the year 1881 player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr, Cambridge, Mass   

Jun 16   In the year 1881 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   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 09   Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo) was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 09   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 in the year 1881.   

Feb 02   In the year 1881 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   On this day in history pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

Feb 07   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 in the year 1881.