Page 9: Historical Events In 1881

Oct 26   Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az on this day in history.   

Oct 29   In the year 1881 judge (U.S. magazine) first published.   

Oct 30   On this day in history lena Christ, writer   

Oct 31   Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams) in the year 1881.   

Nov 01   In the year 1881 jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22   

Nov 02   Dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms on this day in history.   

Nov 04   Gena Branscombe, composer in the year 1881.   

Nov 05   On this day in history french government-Ferry resigns   

Nov 09   In the year 1881 edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well.   

Nov 14   Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination in the year 1881.   

Nov 14   On this day in history charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination   

Nov 15   In the year 1881 american Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)   

Nov 15   On this day in history franklin P Adams, Chicago Ill, columnist (Information Please)   

Nov 17   Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP in the year 1881.   

Nov 18   Percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove) in the year 1881.   

Nov 19   A meteorite lands near the village of Großliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine in the year 1881.   

Nov 25   John XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63) in the year 1881.   

Nov 28   In the year 1881 stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity)   

Dec 03   Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa in the year 1881.   

Dec 04   On this day in history erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

Dec 04   The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published on this day in history.   

Dec 05   On this day in history 47th Congress (1881-83) convenes   

Dec 07   On this day in history julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51   

Dec 08   In the year 1881 padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)   

Dec 08   In the year 1881 vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850   

Dec 13   In the year 1881 august Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43   

Dec 15   In the year 1881 james Schneider, NY, actor (Keystone Kops)   

Dec 17   In the year 1881 aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent)   

Dec 17   In the year 1881 lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62   

Dec 19   On this day in history opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels)   

Dec 19   The opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) in the year 1881.   

Dec 20   Branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers) on this day in history.   

Dec 22   Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician in the year 1881.   

Dec 24   On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer   

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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 in the year 1881.   

Jan 04   Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1881 birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

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   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died in the year 1881.   

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   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   In the year 1881 thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85   

Feb 06   In the year 1881 pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

Feb 07   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.