WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1881
Find out what all happened February to December 1881

A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine. (19. November 1881)

The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States. (1. July 1881)

Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of Teetotalism by the Salvation Army. (27. March 1881)

First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends. (13. October 1881)

The Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires. (23. July 1881)

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona. (26. October 1881)

The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1). (16. February 1881)

U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. (19. September 1881)

China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty. (24. February 1881)

The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. (4. December 1881)

The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert. (13. February 1881)

Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women. (11. April 1881)

Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. (18. April 1881)

Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him. (Gregorian date: it was March 1 in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia.) (13. March 1881)

In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. (16. April 1881)

General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect. (1. July 1881)

In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate. (12. May 1881)

Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19. (2. July 1881)

Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner. (14. July 1881)

The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.. (21. May 1881)