Page 3: 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   On this day in history emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42   

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

Mar 16   Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Mar 17   Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris) on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG) in the year 1881.   

Mar 18   Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) on this day in history.   

Mar 21   In the year 1881 hermann Sandby, composer   

Mar 23   Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war in the year 1881.   

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   On this day in history hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)   

Mar 23   On this day in history nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45   

Mar 24   On this day in history 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   On this day in history thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.   

Mar 27   On this day in history 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   Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16] on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1881 charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)   

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   On this day in history fernand Lamy, composer   

Apr 11   On this day in history harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer   

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

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

Apr 14   On this day in history anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)   

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

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

Apr 16   On this day in history 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 in the year 1881.   

Jan 04   Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born in the year 1881.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)   

Jan 09   In the year 1881 birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)   

Jan 09   Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 01   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 21   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 25   In the year 1881 death of konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59   

Feb 05   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 in the year 1881.   

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