Page 8: Historical Events In 1881

Sep 27   On this day in history 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 in the year 1881.   

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

Oct 01   Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer   

Oct 02   Fred Barlow, composer in the year 1881.   

Oct 03   In the year 1881 ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer   

Oct 04   On this day in history edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano   

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

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

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

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   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   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   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 in the year 1881.   

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

Oct 15   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1881.   

Oct 24   Levi P Morton, US ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer   

Oct 25   Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica) in the year 1881.   

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

Oct 26   Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame) in the year 1881.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)   

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 in the year 1881.   

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

Jan 09   Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1881.   

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   On this day in history death of konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)   

Jan 30   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 in the year 1881.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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