Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1881

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

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

Jun 13 In the year 1881 death of josef Skoda, Czech physician (b. 1805)  

Jun 16 In the year 1881 death of marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)  

Jun 28 On this day in history death of jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)  

Jul 04 Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806) died on this day in history.  

Jul 10 Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (b. 1812) died in the year 1881.  

Jul 14 On this day in history death of billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?)  

Jul 15 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 died on this day in history.  

Jul 17 In the year 1881 death of jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)  

Jul 20 In the year 1881 thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies  

Jul 26 George Borrow, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 27 Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Aug 02 On this day in history death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

Aug 06 On this day in history death of james White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)  

Aug 19 In the year 1881 joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79  

Sep 07 Sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Sep 08 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Sep 13 Ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57 in the year 1881.  

Sep 19 In the year 1881 james A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49  

Sep 22 In the year 1881 death of solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831)  

Sep 24 In the year 1881 luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74  

Oct 01 Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Oct 03 Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811) died on this day in history.  

Oct 22 In the year 1881 janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67  

Oct 26 On this day in history billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies  

Nov 01 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 in the year 1881.  

Nov 07 In the year 1881 death of john MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791)  

Nov 09 Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well died in the year 1881.  

Nov 21 On this day in history death of ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)  

Nov 25 Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.  

Dec 07 Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 in the year 1881.  

Dec 13 In the year 1881 august Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43  

Dec 17 In the year 1881 lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62  

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Jan 01 Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) was born in the year 1881.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)  

Jan 04 In the year 1881 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 On this day in history birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)  

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 in the year 1881.