Historical Events In 1881

Sep 27   In the year 1881 chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12   

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   In the year 1881 frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78   

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

Oct 02   Fred Barlow, composer in the year 1881.   

Oct 03   Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer in the year 1881.   

Oct 04   Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano in the year 1881.   

Oct 04   The player piano was invented by Edward Leveaux of Sussex, England, who received a patent for it this day on this day in history.   

Oct 04   On this day in history [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal   

Oct 05   On this day in history otto V Kuusinen, Fin/Rus communist pres of Karelo-Finnish SR (1940-56)   

Oct 08   Haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people in the year 1881.   

Oct 11   On this day in history david Houston patents roll film for cameras   

Oct 11   Stark Young, US critic/writer (So Red the Rose) on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1881 henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch   

Oct 13   On this day in history george Bacovia, [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer/painter   

Oct 13   Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda & friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1881 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   

Oct 15   1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published in the year 1881.   

Oct 15   In the year 1881 p G Wodehouse, British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves)   

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

Oct 15   The first American fishing magazine, American Angler published on this day in history.   

Oct 22   Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert in the year 1881.   

Oct 22   Janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1881.   

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

Oct 25   The birth of Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor in the year 1881.   

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

Oct 26   In the year 1881 billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

Oct 26   On this day in history gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az   

Oct 26   In the year 1881 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)   

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 08   In the year 1881 birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)   

Jan 09   In the year 1881 birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)   

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 in the year 1881.   

Jan 21   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 25   In the year 1881 death of konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)   

Jan 30   On this day in history jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58   

Feb 02   In the year 1881 aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59   

Feb 05   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 in the year 1881.   

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.