Page 9: Historical Events In 1881

Oct 26   In the year 1881 shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az   

Oct 29   Judge (U.S. magazine) first published in the year 1881.   

Oct 30   Lena Christ, writer on this day in history.   

Oct 31   Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams) on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms in the year 1881.   

Nov 04   Gena Branscombe, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 05   French government-Ferry resigns on this day in history.   

Nov 09   Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 15   American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 25   On this day in history john XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)   

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   In the year 1881 the first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.   

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

Dec 07   Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 in the year 1881.   

Dec 08   Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) in the year 1881.   

Dec 08   Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 on this day in history.   

Dec 13   August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Dec 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62   

Dec 19   In the year 1881 opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels)   

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

Dec 20   Branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers) in the year 1881.   

Dec 22   In the year 1881 enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician   

Dec 24   In the year 1881 bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer   

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Jan 01   Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) was born in the year 1881.   

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

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   Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born in the year 1881.   

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 in the year 1881.   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1881 death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   On this day in history death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)   

Jan 25   On this day in history 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   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 06   Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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