WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JULY 1881
Find out what all happened April to July 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)

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

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

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

Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia. (28. June 1881)

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

In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens. (4. July 1881)

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

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

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)

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