Page 8: Historical Events In 1881

Sep 27   On this day in history chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12   

Sep 27   In the year 1881 ernest Samuel Williams, composer   

Sep 28   Henry Geehl, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 29   In the year 1881 ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist   

Oct 01   Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1881.   

Oct 01   Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 02   Fred Barlow, composer in the year 1881.   

Oct 03   Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 04   Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1881 the player piano was invented by Edward Leveaux of Sussex, England, who received a patent for it this day.   

Oct 04   [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal on this day in history.   

Oct 05   Otto V Kuusinen, Fin/Rus communist pres of Karelo-Finnish SR (1940-56) in the year 1881.   

Oct 08   On this day in history haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people   

Oct 11   David Houston patents roll film for cameras in the year 1881.   

Oct 11   On this day in history stark Young, US critic/writer (So Red the Rose)   

Oct 12   On this day in history carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer   

Oct 12   Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch in the year 1881.   

Oct 13   On this day in history george Bacovia, [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer/painter   

Oct 13   On this day in history revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda & friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations   

Oct 14   On this day in history eyemouth Fishing Disaster, known locally as 'Disaster Day', some 129 men and boys, one in three of the Berwickshire town's fishermen lost their lives in a hurricane   

Oct 15   1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published in the year 1881.   

Oct 15   In the year 1881 p G Wodehouse, British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves)   

Oct 15   In the year 1881 the birth of Sir P.G Wodehouse, Novelist, creator of 'Jeeves and Wooster'   

Oct 15   The first American fishing magazine, American Angler published on this day in history.   

Oct 22   Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert on this day in history.   

Oct 22   Janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1881.   

Oct 24   In the year 1881 levi P Morton, US ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty   

Oct 24   Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer on this day in history.   

Oct 25   Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica) in the year 1881.   

Oct 25   In the year 1881 the birth of Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor   

Oct 25   Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Clanton engage in "Shootout at OK Corral" in the year 1881.   

Oct 26   In the year 1881 billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

Oct 26   On this day in history gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az   

Oct 26   Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1881 birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

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   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   In the year 1881 death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)   

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

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

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

Feb 05   On this day in history thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85   

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

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