Page 5: Historical Events In 1881

May 17   Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC on this day in history.   

May 17   In the year 1881 revised version of New Testament   

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

May 20   On this day in history wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general)   

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

May 21   On this day in history uS Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed   

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   In the year 1881 mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer   

May 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1881 the birth of Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer   

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

May 27   On this day in history rudolf Pannwitz, German writer   

May 29   In the year 1881 frederik Septimus Kelly, composer   

Jun 01   In the year 1881 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   In the year 1881 haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens   

Jun 03   On this day in history 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   Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 08   In the year 1881 prospero Bisquertt, composer   

Jun 12   Juan de Hernandez, composer in the year 1881.   

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

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

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

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

Jun 18   In the year 1881 eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader   

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   In the year 1881 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud   

Jun 30   In the year 1881 henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

Jan 08   In the year 1881 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   Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 30   Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 in the year 1881.   

Feb 05   In the year 1881 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   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 in the year 1881.