Historical Events In 1881

Jul 01   Piet[er] L Kramer, architect (Amsterdam School) in the year 1881.  

Jul 01   In the year 1881 uS Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens  

Jul 02   Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker in the year 1881.  

Jul 03   On this day in history leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)  

Jul 04   Booker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama) in the year 1881.  

Jul 04   Brooker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute in the year 1881.  

Jul 05   Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal on this day in history.  

Jul 06   Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel) on this day in history.  

Jul 12   On this day in history ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12]  

Jul 13   In the year 1881 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 in the year 1881.  

Jul 15   William "Billy the Kid" Bonney killed by Pat Garrett in the year 1881.  

Jul 15   In the year 1881 william "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21  

Jul 19   On this day in history adriaan J Zoetmulder, Dutch writer/directer (Eindhovens Dagblad)  

Jul 20   On this day in history leon de Smet, Flemish painter  

Jul 20   On this day in history sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops  

Jul 20   Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops on this day in history.  

Jul 20   On this day in history thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies  

Jul 26   Alexander J Kropholler, architect on this day in history.  

Jul 26   French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax in the year 1881.  

Jul 26   On this day in history george Borrow, writer, dies  

Jul 27   In the year 1881 hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930)  

Jul 27   Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1881.  

Aug 01   In the year 1881 emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer  

Aug 01   On this day in history uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay  

Aug 02   Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift) on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on this day in history.  

Aug 03   Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous on this day in history.  

Aug 04   122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record) in the year 1881.  

Aug 04   122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record) in the year 1881.  

Aug 06   In the year 1881 alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)  

Aug 08   On this day in history paul L E von Kleist, German general-fieldmarshal (Eastern Front)  

Aug 10   In the year 1881 albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder  

Aug 12   On this day in history cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)  

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Jan 01   Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)  

Jan 04   Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born in the year 1881.  

Jan 05   In the year 1881 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   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1881 death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)  

Jan 25   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1881.  

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