Page 9: Historical Events In 1881

Oct 26   Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az in the year 1881.   

Oct 29   Judge (U.S. magazine) first published in the year 1881.   

Oct 30   Lena Christ, writer in the year 1881.   

Oct 31   Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams) in the year 1881.   

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

Nov 02   On this day in history dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms   

Nov 04   On this day in history gena Branscombe, composer   

Nov 05   In the year 1881 french government-Ferry resigns   

Nov 09   On this day in history edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well.   

Nov 14   On this day in history charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination   

Nov 14   In the year 1881 charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination   

Nov 15   American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh) in the year 1881.   

Nov 15   Franklin P Adams, Chicago Ill, columnist (Information Please) in the year 1881.   

Nov 17   On this day in history thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP   

Nov 18   In the year 1881 percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove)   

Nov 19   A meteorite lands near the village of Großliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine on this day in history.   

Nov 25   On this day in history john XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)   

Nov 28   In the year 1881 stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity)   

Dec 03   In the year 1881 henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa   

Dec 04   In the year 1881 erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

Dec 04   On this day in history the first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.   

Dec 05   47th Congress (1881-83) convenes on this day in history.   

Dec 07   Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 in the year 1881.   

Dec 08   On this day in history padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)   

Dec 08   Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 in the year 1881.   

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

Dec 15   In the year 1881 james Schneider, NY, actor (Keystone Kops)   

Dec 17   Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent) on this day in history.   

Dec 17   Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 in the year 1881.   

Dec 19   Opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels) on this day in history.   

Dec 19   The opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) on this day in history.   

Dec 20   In the year 1881 branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers)   

Dec 22   On this day in history enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician   

Dec 24   Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer 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   On this day in history birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)   

Jan 04   In the year 1881 birth of wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)   

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1881 birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)   

Jan 09   Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1881 death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   On this day in history death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)   

Jan 25   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 in the year 1881.