Page 6: Historical Events In 1881

Jul 02   Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker.   

Jul 03   Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!).   

Jul 04   Booker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama).   

Jul 04   Brooker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute.   

Jul 05   Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal   

Jul 06   Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel).   

Jul 12   Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12].   

Jul 13   American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot to death   

Jul 14   On a ranch near old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, the infamous Western outlaw known as "Billy the Kid" was shot to death by Pat Garrett, the sheriff of Lincoln County.   

Jul 15   William "Billy the Kid" Bonney killed by Pat Garrett   

Jul 15   William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21.   

Jul 19   Adriaan J Zoetmulder, Dutch writer/directer (Eindhovens Dagblad)   

Jul 20   Leon de Smet, Flemish painter   

Jul 20   Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops   

Jul 20   Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops   

Jul 20   Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies   

Jul 26   Alexander J Kropholler, architect   

Jul 26   French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax   

Jul 26   George Borrow, writer, dies   

Jul 27   Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930).   

Jul 27   Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84.   

Aug 01   Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer.   

Aug 01   US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay   

Aug 02   Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift)   

Aug 02   Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35   

Aug 03   Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous   

Aug 04   122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)   

Aug 06   Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)   

Aug 08   Paul L E von Kleist, German general-fieldmarshal (Eastern Front)   

Aug 10   Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder   

Aug 12   Cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)   

Aug 12   Cecil B. De Mille, Hollywood producer/director is born.   

Aug 13   Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolese monarch   

Aug 13   Jacqueline [Pierrette] R van Stuwe, [Eline v S], Dutch author   

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Jan 01   Carry van bridges: [de haan], dutch author (heleen, eva)   

Jan 01   Vajiravudh: King of thailand    

Jan 04   Wilhelm lehmbruck: German painter/poet/sculptor (seated youth)   

Jan 05   Nikolay andreyevich roslavets: Composer   

Jan 08   Henrik shipstead: American politician    

Jan 09   Giovanni papini: Italy, writer (il diavolo)   

Jan 09   Lascelles abercrombie: English poet/critic (revaluations)   

Jan 09   Edouard beaupré: Horse lifter    

Jan 01   Louis auguste blanqui: French political activist (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   Wilhelm matthias naeff: Swiss federal councilor (b. 1802)   

Jan 25   Konstantin thon: Russian architect (b. 1794)   

Jan 30   Jaak nikolaas lemmens: Flemish composer,   

Feb 02   Aleksej f pisemski: Russian writer (clodhopper),   

Feb 05   Thomas carlyle: Historian/essayist,    

Feb 06   Pieter mijer: Gov-gen of neth in   

Feb 07   Fredrik cygnaeus: Finnish poet/literature critic,