Page 3: Historical Events In 1881
Saturday, 21 December 2024
Mar 13 On this day in history balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer
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 in the year 1881.
Mar 15 Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42 on this day in history.
Mar 16 On this day in history barnum & Bailey Circus debuts
Mar 16 In the year 1881 modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42
Mar 17 On this day in history kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)
Mar 18 Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG) in the year 1881.
Mar 18 In the year 1881 oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)
Mar 21 Hermann Sandby, composer in the year 1881.
Mar 23 In the year 1881 boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war
Mar 23 Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war in the year 1881.
Mar 23 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die on this day in history.
Mar 23 Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) on this day in history.
Mar 23 Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1881.
Mar 24 Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Mar 25 On this day in history 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 Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army in the year 1881.
Mar 28 In the year 1881 greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey
Mar 28 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16] on this day in history.
Mar 31 On this day in history gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73
Apr 01 On this day in history anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem
Apr 03 Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53) on this day in history.
Apr 04 In the year 1881 charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)
Apr 05 On this day in history transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty
Apr 07 In the year 1881 pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65
Apr 08 On this day in history fernand Lamy, composer
Apr 11 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer on this day in history.
Apr 11 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40 on this day in history.
Apr 11 In the year 1881 river ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die
Apr 14 Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater) on this day in history.
Apr 14 On this day in history the Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas.
Apr 16 On this day in history edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)
Apr 16 George William Martin, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
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