WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JUNE 1881
Find out what all happened March to June 1881

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

Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia. (28. June 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 North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate. (12. May 1881)

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

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

Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again. (26. March 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)

The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas. (14. April 1881)

Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain. (12. March 1881)

The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack. (13. June 1881)

In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam. (29. June 1881)

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