Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1881

Jun 03 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian on this day in history.  

Jun 06 Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 in the year 1881.  

Jun 13 Josef Skoda, Czech physician (b. 1805) died in the year 1881.  

Jun 16 In the year 1881 death of marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)  

Jun 28 On this day in history death of jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)  

Jul 04 Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806) died on this day in history.  

Jul 10 Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (b. 1812) died in the year 1881.  

Jul 14 Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?) died on this day in history.  

Jul 15 In the year 1881 death of william "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21  

Jul 17 Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804) died on this day in history.  

Jul 20 On this day in history thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies  

Jul 26 George Borrow, writer, dies in the year 1881.  

Jul 27 Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1881.  

Aug 02 In the year 1881 death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

Aug 06 James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821) died in the year 1881.  

Aug 19 On this day in history joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79  

Sep 07 In the year 1881 sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39  

Sep 08 In the year 1881 w Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84  

Sep 13 Ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Sep 19 On this day in history james A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49  

Sep 22 On this day in history death of solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831)  

Sep 24 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1881.  

Oct 01 Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Oct 03 In the year 1881 death of orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)  

Oct 22 On this day in history janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67  

Oct 26 Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies in the year 1881.  

Nov 01 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 in the year 1881.  

Nov 07 John MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791) died on this day in history.  

Nov 09 Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well died in the year 1881.  

Nov 21 Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.  

Nov 25 In the year 1881 death of theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)  

Dec 07 Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Dec 13 August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 in the year 1881.  

Dec 17 Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)  

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