Page 3: Historical Events In 1881

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

Mar 13   On this day in history 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   

Mar 15   Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42 in the year 1881.   

Mar 16   On this day in history barnum & Bailey Circus debuts   

Mar 16   In the year 1881 modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

Mar 17   Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris) in the year 1881.   

Mar 18   In the year 1881 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   Hermann Sandby, composer in the year 1881.   

Mar 23   Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war on this day in history.   

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

Mar 23   In the year 1881 gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die   

Mar 23   In the year 1881 hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)   

Mar 23   Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 25   Béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 28   Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey in the year 1881.   

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

Mar 31   In the year 1881 gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73   

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

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

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

Apr 05   Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty in the year 1881.   

Apr 07   Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Apr 08   Fernand Lamy, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 11   Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer in the year 1881.   

Apr 11   Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

Apr 11   River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die on this day in history.   

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

Apr 14   In the year 1881 the Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas.   

Apr 16   On this day in history edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)   

Apr 16   George William Martin, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1881.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)   

Jan 01   Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925) was born in the year 1881.   

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   On this day in history birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)   

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

Jan 09   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born in the year 1881.   

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   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 30   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 in the year 1881.   

Feb 02   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 in the year 1881.   

Feb 05   In the year 1881 thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85   

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 on this day in history.