Historical Events In 1881

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

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

Oct 30   In the year 1881 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   Dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms on this day in history.  

Nov 04   On this day in history gena Branscombe, composer  

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

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

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

Nov 14   On this day in history 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   Franklin P Adams, Chicago Ill, columnist (Information Please) in the year 1881.  

Nov 17   Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP on this day in history.  

Nov 18   In the year 1881 percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove)  

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 in the year 1881.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1881 lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62  

Dec 19   In the year 1881 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   In the year 1881 bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer  

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Jan 01   In the year 1881 birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died in the year 1881.  

Jan 25   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.  

Jan 30   On this day in history jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58  

Feb 02   In the year 1881 aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59  

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 in the year 1881.  

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