Page 8: Historical Events In 1881

Sep 27   Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12 in the year 1881.   

Sep 27   Ernest Samuel Williams, composer in the year 1881.   

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

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

Oct 01   On this day in history frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78   

Oct 01   Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 02   In the year 1881 fred Barlow, composer   

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 in the year 1881.   

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

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 in the year 1881.   

Oct 11   In the year 1881 david Houston patents roll film for cameras   

Oct 11   On this day in history stark Young, US critic/writer (So Red the Rose)   

Oct 12   On this day in history carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer   

Oct 12   On this day in history henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch   

Oct 13   In the year 1881 george Bacovia, [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer/painter   

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

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   1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published on this day in history.   

Oct 15   P G Wodehouse, British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves) on this day in history.   

Oct 15   The birth of Sir P.G Wodehouse, Novelist, creator of 'Jeeves and Wooster' in the year 1881.   

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

Oct 22   In the year 1881 boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert   

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   On this day in history pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica)   

Oct 25   The birth of Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor on this day in history.   

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

Oct 26   Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1881 gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az   

Oct 26   Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1881 birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)   

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)   

Jan 09   In the year 1881 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   In the year 1881 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   In the year 1881 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 in the year 1881.   

Feb 02   On this day in history aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59   

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

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.