Page 3: Historical Events In 1881

Mar 13   Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer in the year 1881.   

Mar 13   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42 in the year 1881.   

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   In the year 1881 kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)   

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

Mar 18   Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) in the year 1881.   

Mar 21   Hermann Sandby, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1881.   

Mar 23   Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) in the year 1881.   

Mar 23   Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1881.   

Mar 24   Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69 in the year 1881.   

Mar 25   In the year 1881 béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra)   

Mar 26   On this day in history thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.   

Mar 27   On this day in history rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.   

Mar 28   In the year 1881 greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey   

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   In the year 1881 anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem   

Apr 03   Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53) in the year 1881.   

Apr 04   On this day in history charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)   

Apr 05   On this day in history transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty   

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

Apr 08   In the year 1881 fernand Lamy, composer   

Apr 11   In the year 1881 harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer   

Apr 11   In the year 1881 kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40   

Apr 11   River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die in the year 1881.   

Apr 14   Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater) in the year 1881.   

Apr 14   The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas in the year 1881.   

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

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   In the year 1881 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   On this day in history birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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 in the year 1881.   

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   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   On this day in history aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59   

Feb 05   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 07   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.