Page 6: Historical Events In 1881

Jul 01   1st international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB on this day in history.   

Jul 01   First international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB in the year 1881.   

Jul 01   Piet[er] L Kramer, architect (Amsterdam School) on this day in history.   

Jul 01   US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens in the year 1881.   

Jul 02   Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker on this day in history.   

Jul 03   In the year 1881 leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)   

Jul 04   Booker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama) on this day in history.   

Jul 04   In the year 1881 brooker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute   

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

Jul 06   Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel) in the year 1881.   

Jul 12   Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12] on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 15   William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 in the year 1881.   

Jul 19   Adriaan J Zoetmulder, Dutch writer/directer (Eindhovens Dagblad) on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Leon de Smet, Flemish painter on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1881.   

Jul 20   Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies in the year 1881.   

Jul 26   On this day in history alexander J Kropholler, architect   

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

Jul 26   George Borrow, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer   

Aug 01   US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay in the year 1881.   

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

Aug 02   In the year 1881 marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35   

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) on this day in history.   

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)   

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

Jan 01   Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1881 birth of wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)   

Jan 05   In the year 1881 birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)   

Jan 01   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)   

Jan 25   In the year 1881 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   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 in the year 1881.   

Feb 07   On this day in history fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73