Historical Events In 1881

May 17   Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC in the year 1881.   

May 17   Revised version of New Testament in the year 1881.   

May 18   In the year 1881 georgi Atanasov, composer   

May 20   On this day in history wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general)   

May 21   American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton in the year 1881.   

May 21   US Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed on this day in history.   

May 23   Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies on this day in history.   

May 24   Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die on this day in history.   

May 24   On this day in history mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer   

May 24   On this day in history samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies   

May 24   The Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London, Ontario, killing 200 passengers on this day in history.   

May 25   In the year 1881 the birth of Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer   

May 27   9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5 on this day in history.   

May 27   In the year 1881 rudolf Pannwitz, German writer   

May 29   In the year 1881 frederik Septimus Kelly, composer   

Jun 01   On this day in history bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange   

Jun 01   Cholera in Egypt in the year 1881.   

Jun 01   In the year 1881 fifth cholera pandemic in India, Germany killing 9,000+ people   

Jun 02   On this day in history haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens   

Jun 03   In the year 1881 japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian   

Jun 04   Clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer) in the year 1881.   

Jun 06   Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Jun 07   15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47 on this day in history.   

Jun 08   In the year 1881 prospero Bisquertt, composer   

Jun 12   Juan de Hernandez, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 13   In the year 1881 the USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.   

Jun 14   In the year 1881 player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass)   

Jun 14   Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr, Cambridge, Mass in the year 1881.   

Jun 16   Austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader on this day in history.   

Jun 19   In the year 1881 muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan   

Jun 24   On this day in history 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico   

Jun 29   In the year 1881 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud   

Jun 30   On this day in history henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia   

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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 in the year 1881.   

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   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   On this day in history birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)   

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

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   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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.