Historical Events In 1881

Mar 13   On this day in history balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer   

Mar 13   In Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts in the year 1881.   

Mar 16   On this day in history modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

Mar 17   On this day in history kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)   

Mar 18   On this day in history barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)   

Mar 18   Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) in the year 1881.   

Mar 21   In the year 1881 hermann Sandby, composer   

Mar 23   On this day in history boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

Mar 23   On this day in history boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war   

Mar 23   Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) on this day in history.   

Mar 23   In the year 1881 nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45   

Mar 24   In the year 1881 friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69   

Mar 25   In the year 1881 béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra)   

Mar 26   Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army in the year 1881.   

Mar 28   Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey on this day in history.   

Mar 28   On this day in history modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16]   

Mar 31   Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1881.   

Apr 01   Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem in the year 1881.   

Apr 03   On this day in history alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53)   

Apr 04   Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls) in the year 1881.   

Apr 05   In the year 1881 transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty   

Apr 07   In the year 1881 pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65   

Apr 08   Fernand Lamy, composer in the year 1881.   

Apr 11   In the year 1881 harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer   

Apr 11   On this day in history kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40   

Apr 11   In the year 1881 river ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die   

Apr 14   Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater) in the year 1881.   

Apr 14   The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas on this day in history.   

Apr 16   Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46) in the year 1881.   

Apr 16   In the year 1881 george William Martin, composer, dies at 56   

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Jan 01   Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)   

Jan 05   In the year 1881 birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

Jan 08   Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born in the year 1881.   

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

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 in the year 1881.   

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 in the year 1881.   

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   On this day in history pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

Feb 07   On this day in history fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73