Historical Events In 1881

Oct 26   Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az in the year 1881.  

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

Oct 30   Lena Christ, writer in the year 1881.  

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   On this day in history 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   Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination in the year 1881.  

Nov 14   In the year 1881 charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination  

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

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

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

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

Nov 28   Stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 04   Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot) in the year 1881.  

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

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

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

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 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) in the year 1881.  

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

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

Dec 19   The opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) on this day in history.  

Dec 20   On this day in history branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers)  

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

Dec 24   Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer in the year 1881.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)  

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 in the year 1881.  

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1881 birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)  

Jan 09   Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo) was born in the year 1881.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1881 birth of edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 07   In the year 1881 fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73