Page 5: Historical Events In 1881

May 17   Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC in the year 1881.   

May 17   On this day in history revised version of New Testament   

May 18   Georgi Atanasov, composer on this day in history.   

May 20   In the year 1881 wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general)   

May 21   American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton in the year 1881.   

May 21   US Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed in the year 1881.   

May 23   In the year 1881 kit Carson, frontiersman, dies   

May 24   Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die on this day in history.   

May 24   Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1881 samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies   

May 24   On this day in history the Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London, Ontario, killing 200 passengers   

May 25   The birth of Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer in the year 1881.   

May 27   9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5 in the year 1881.   

May 27   Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer in the year 1881.   

May 29   On this day in history frederik Septimus Kelly, composer   

Jun 01   On this day in history bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange   

Jun 01   In the year 1881 cholera in Egypt   

Jun 01   On this day in history fifth cholera pandemic in India, Germany killing 9,000+ people   

Jun 02   Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens in the year 1881.   

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

Jun 04   On this day in history clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer)   

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

Jun 07   15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47 on this day in history.   

Jun 08   In the year 1881 prospero Bisquertt, composer   

Jun 12   In the year 1881 juan de Hernandez, composer   

Jun 13   On this day in history the USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.   

Jun 14   Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass) on this day in history.   

Jun 14   On this day in history player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr, Cambridge, Mass   

Jun 16   Austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty in the year 1881.   

Jun 18   Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader on this day in history.   

Jun 19   In the year 1881 muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan   

Jun 24   200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico on this day in history.   

Jun 29   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)   

Jan 01   Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)   

Jan 09   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1881 death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 25   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1881 jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58   

Feb 02   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85   

Feb 06   Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   On this day in history fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73