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   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   Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 in the year 1881.   

Nov 02   On this day in history dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms   

Nov 04   In the year 1881 gena Branscombe, composer   

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

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

Nov 14   In the year 1881 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) 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 in the year 1881.   

Nov 18   Percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Dec 03   On this day in history henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa   

Dec 04   In the year 1881 erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

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

Dec 05   47th Congress (1881-83) convenes in the year 1881.   

Dec 07   Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Dec 08   On this day in history 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   August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 in the year 1881.   

Dec 15   On this day in history james Schneider, NY, actor (Keystone Kops)   

Dec 17   Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent) on this day in history.   

Dec 17   Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Dec 19   Opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels) on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 22   Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1881 birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)   

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

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   On this day in history birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1881.