Page 9: Historical Events In 1881

Oct 26   On this day in history shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az   

Oct 29   Judge (U.S. magazine) first published on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 01   On this day in history jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22   

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

Nov 04   On this day in history gena Branscombe, composer   

Nov 05   French government-Ferry resigns in the year 1881.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 15   American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh) in the year 1881.   

Nov 15   In the year 1881 franklin P Adams, Chicago Ill, columnist (Information Please)   

Nov 17   On this day in history thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP   

Nov 18   On this day in history percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove)   

Nov 19   On this day in history a meteorite lands near the village of Großliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.   

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

Nov 28   On this day in history stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity)   

Dec 03   Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa on this day in history.   

Dec 04   In the year 1881 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   In the year 1881 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   Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) in the year 1881.   

Dec 08   On this day in history vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850   

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   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   In the year 1881 the opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels)   

Dec 20   In the year 1881 branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers)   

Dec 22   On this day in history enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician   

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 in the year 1881.   

Jan 01   Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.   

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   Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1881 birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)   

Jan 09   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 09   Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died on this day in history.   

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

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