Page 8: Historical Events In 1881

Sep 27   Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12 on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Ernest Samuel Williams, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Henry Geehl, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 29   In the year 1881 ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist   

Oct 01   Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1881.   

Oct 01   Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer in the year 1881.   

Oct 02   In the year 1881 fred Barlow, composer   

Oct 03   In the year 1881 ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer   

Oct 04   Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1881 the player piano was invented by Edward Leveaux of Sussex, England, who received a patent for it this day.   

Oct 04   In the year 1881 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal   

Oct 05   Otto V Kuusinen, Fin/Rus communist pres of Karelo-Finnish SR (1940-56) in the year 1881.   

Oct 08   Haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people on this day in history.   

Oct 11   David Houston patents roll film for cameras in the year 1881.   

Oct 11   In the year 1881 stark Young, US critic/writer (So Red the Rose)   

Oct 12   Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer in the year 1881.   

Oct 12   Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch on this day in history.   

Oct 13   George Bacovia, [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer/painter on this day in history.   

Oct 13   Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda & friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations in the year 1881.   

Oct 14   Eyemouth Fishing Disaster, known locally as 'Disaster Day', some 129 men and boys, one in three of the Berwickshire town's fishermen lost their lives in a hurricane on this day in history.   

Oct 15   On this day in history 1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published   

Oct 15   P G Wodehouse, British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves) in the year 1881.   

Oct 15   The birth of Sir P.G Wodehouse, Novelist, creator of 'Jeeves and Wooster' on this day in history.   

Oct 15   On this day in history the first American fishing magazine, American Angler published   

Oct 22   Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert on this day in history.   

Oct 22   Janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1881.   

Oct 24   In the year 1881 levi P Morton, US ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty   

Oct 24   Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer on this day in history.   

Oct 25   Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica) on this day in history.   

Oct 25   On this day in history the birth of Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor   

Oct 25   In the year 1881 wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Clanton engage in "Shootout at OK Corral"   

Oct 26   Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies in the year 1881.   

Oct 26   Gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az on this day in history.   

Oct 26   On this day in history margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame)   

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

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born in the year 1881.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1881 birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)   

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

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   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 30   In the year 1881 jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58   

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   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.