Page 9: Historical Events In 1881

Oct 26   Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az in the year 1881.   

Oct 29   Judge (U.S. magazine) first published in the year 1881.   

Oct 30   On this day in history lena Christ, writer   

Oct 31   On this day in history metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)   

Nov 01   Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   In the year 1881 dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms   

Nov 04   On this day in history gena Branscombe, composer   

Nov 05   French government-Ferry resigns on this day in history.   

Nov 09   Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well on this day in history.   

Nov 14   On this day in history charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination   

Nov 14   Charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination on this day in history.   

Nov 15   American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh) in the year 1881.   

Nov 15   In the year 1881 franklin P Adams, Chicago Ill, columnist (Information Please)   

Nov 17   Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP on this day in history.   

Nov 18   Percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove) on this day in history.   

Nov 19   In the year 1881 a meteorite lands near the village of Großliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.   

Nov 25   John XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63) on this day in history.   

Nov 28   On this day in history stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity)   

Dec 03   In the year 1881 henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa   

Dec 04   On this day in history erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

Dec 04   In the year 1881 the first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.   

Dec 05   47th Congress (1881-83) convenes in the year 1881.   

Dec 07   Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 in the year 1881.   

Dec 08   Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) in the year 1881.   

Dec 08   On this day in history vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850   

Dec 13   August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Dec 15   In the year 1881 james Schneider, NY, actor (Keystone Kops)   

Dec 17   On this day in history aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent)   

Dec 17   Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 in the year 1881.   

Dec 19   On this day in history opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels)   

Dec 19   The opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) in the year 1881.   

Dec 20   On this day in history branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers)   

Dec 22   Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician on this day in history.   

Dec 24   Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer in the year 1881.   

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Jan 01   Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 01   In the year 1881 birth of vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)   

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   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 in the year 1881.   

Jan 09   Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) was born in the year 1881.   

Jan 01   Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) died in the year 1881.   

Jan 21   In the year 1881 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   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   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 in the year 1881.   

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