Historical Events In 1881

Mar 13   Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer on this day in history.   

Mar 13   In the year 1881 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts in the year 1881.   

Mar 16   Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 in the year 1881.   

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

Mar 18   Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG) on this day in history.   

Mar 18   In the year 1881 oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)   

Mar 21   Hermann Sandby, composer in the year 1881.   

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   Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra)   

Mar 26   Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again in the year 1881.   

Mar 27   Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty   

Apr 07   On this day in history pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65   

Apr 08   Fernand Lamy, composer in the year 1881.   

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

Apr 11   Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40 in the year 1881.   

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   George William Martin, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1881 birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)   

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

Jan 08   Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 09   In the year 1881 birth of edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 30   In the year 1881 jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58   

Feb 02   In the year 1881 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   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.