Page 3: Historical Events In 1881

Mar 13   In the year 1881 balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 17   On this day in history kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)   

Mar 18   In the year 1881 barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)   

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

Mar 21   In the year 1881 hermann Sandby, composer   

Mar 23   On this day in history boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

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   Béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) in the year 1881.   

Mar 26   Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again on this day in history.   

Mar 27   In the year 1881 rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16]   

Mar 31   Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1881.   

Apr 01   Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem in the year 1881.   

Apr 03   In the year 1881 alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53)   

Apr 04   Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls) in the year 1881.   

Apr 05   In the year 1881 transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty   

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

Apr 08   On this day in history fernand Lamy, composer   

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   River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater) on this day in history.   

Apr 14   The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas on this day in history.   

Apr 16   On this day in history edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)   

Apr 16   On this day in history george William Martin, composer, dies at 56   

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

Jan 01   Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925) was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)   

Jan 05   In the year 1881 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   In the year 1881 birth of lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.