Page 5: Historical Events In 1881

May 17   On this day in history frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC   

May 17   Revised version of New Testament on this day in history.   

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

May 20   Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general) in the year 1881.   

May 21   American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton on this day in history.   

May 21   US Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed on this day in history.   

May 23   Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies in the year 1881.   

May 24   On this day in history canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die   

May 24   On this day in history mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer   

May 24   Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 27   9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5 on this day in history.   

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

May 29   Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 01   Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange in the year 1881.   

Jun 01   Cholera in Egypt in the year 1881.   

Jun 01   In the year 1881 fifth cholera pandemic in India, Germany killing 9,000+ people   

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

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

Jun 04   Clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer) in the year 1881.   

Jun 06   In the year 1881 henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61   

Jun 07   In the year 1881 15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47   

Jun 08   Prospero Bisquertt, composer in the year 1881.   

Jun 12   Juan de Hernandez, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 13   In the year 1881 the USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.   

Jun 14   Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass) in the year 1881.   

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

Jun 16   In the year 1881 austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty   

Jun 18   Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader in the year 1881.   

Jun 19   Muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan in the year 1881.   

Jun 24   In the year 1881 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico   

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

Jun 30   Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia in the year 1881.   

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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 in the year 1881.   

Jan 05   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer was born in the year 1881.   

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   Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) was born in the year 1881.   

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   In the year 1881 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   In the year 1881 aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59   

Feb 05   Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 in the year 1881.   

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

Feb 07   In the year 1881 fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73