Page 8: Historical Events In 1881

Sep 27   Ernest Samuel Williams, composer.   

Sep 28   Henry Geehl, composer.   

Sep 29   Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist   

Oct 01   Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78.   

Oct 01   Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer.   

Oct 02   Fred Barlow, composer.   

Oct 03   Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer.   

Oct 04   Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano   

Oct 04   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   

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

Oct 08   Haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300000 people   

Oct 11   David Houston patents roll film for cameras   

Oct 11   Stark Young, US critic/writer (So Red the Rose).   

Oct 12   Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer.   

Oct 12   Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch   

Oct 13   George Bacovia, [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer/painter   

Oct 13   Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and 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   

Oct 15   1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published.   

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

Oct 15   Sir P.G Wodehouse, Novelist, creator of 'Jeeves and Wooster' is born   

Oct 15   The inaugural American fishing magazine, American Angler published   

Oct 22   Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert   

Oct 22   Janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67   

Oct 24   Levi P Morton, US ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty   

Oct 24   Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer   

Oct 25   Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica)   

Oct 25   Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor is born   

Oct 25   Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Clanton engage in "Shootout at OK Corral".   

Oct 26   Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

Oct 26   Gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az.   

Oct 26   Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame)   

Oct 26   Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az.   

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Jan 01   Carry van bridges: [de haan], dutch author (heleen, eva)   

Jan 01   Vajiravudh: King of thailand   

Jan 04   Wilhelm lehmbruck: German painter/poet/sculptor (seated youth)   

Jan 05   Nikolay andreyevich roslavets: Composer   

Jan 08   Henrik shipstead: American politician   

Jan 09   Giovanni papini: Italy, writer (il diavolo)   

Jan 09   Lascelles abercrombie: English poet/critic (revaluations)   

Jan 09   Edouard beaupré: Horse lifter   

Jan 01   Louis auguste blanqui: French political activist (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   Wilhelm matthias naeff: Swiss federal councilor (b. 1802)   

Jan 25   Konstantin thon: Russian architect (b. 1794)   

Jan 30   Jaak nikolaas lemmens: Flemish composer,    

Feb 02   Aleksej f pisemski: Russian writer (clodhopper),   

Feb 05   Thomas carlyle: Historian/essayist,    

Feb 06   Pieter mijer: Gov-gen of neth in   

Feb 07   Fredrik cygnaeus: Finnish poet/literature critic,