Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1881

Jun 03 In the year 1881 japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian  

Jun 06 On this day in history henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61  

Jun 13 In the year 1881 death of josef Skoda, Czech physician (b. 1805)  

Jun 16 Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 14 Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?) died in the year 1881.  

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

Jul 17 In the year 1881 death of jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)  

Jul 20 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 26 George Borrow, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 27 In the year 1881 johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84  

Aug 02 On this day in history 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 Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1881.  

Sep 07 On this day in history sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39  

Sep 08 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84 in the year 1881.  

Sep 13 In the year 1881 ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57  

Sep 19 James A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49 in the year 1881.  

Sep 22 Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

Sep 24 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 01 In the year 1881 frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78  

Oct 03 Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811) died in the year 1881.  

Oct 22 Janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1881 death of john MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791)  

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

Nov 21 In the year 1881 death of ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)  

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

Dec 07 In the year 1881 julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51  

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

Dec 17 In the year 1881 lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62  

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

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 on this day in history.