WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1881
Find out what all happened March to December 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 USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack. (13. June 1881)

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

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

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

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

Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again. (26. March 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 Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam. (29. June 1881)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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