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 On this day in history henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61  

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

Jun 16 Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801) died on this day in history.  

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

Jul 04 In the year 1881 death of johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)  

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

Jul 14 Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?) died in the year 1881.  

Jul 15 On this day in history death of william "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21  

Jul 17 Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804) died on this day in history.  

Jul 20 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies on this day in history.  

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

Jul 27 Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1881.  

Aug 02 Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 died in the year 1881.  

Aug 06 James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

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

Sep 07 On this day in history sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39  

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 on this day in history.  

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 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1881.  

Oct 01 On this day in history frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78  

Oct 03 Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811) died in the year 1881.  

Oct 22 On this day in history janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67  

Oct 26 Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies in the year 1881.  

Nov 01 In the year 1881 jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22  

Nov 07 John MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791) died in the year 1881.  

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

Nov 21 Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.  

Nov 25 In the year 1881 death of theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)  

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

Dec 13 August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09 In the year 1881 birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)  

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 on this day in history.