In the year 1881
157 Notable deaths
James A. Garfield
President of the united states in 1881.
Born November 19th, 1831 in Moreland Hills.
Died September 19th, 1881 at 49 years old in Elberon (aneurysm, gunshot wound).
Billy the Kid
American outlaw and gunfighter (1859–1881).
Born November 23rd, 1859 in New York City.
Died July 14th, 1881 at 21 years old in Fort Sumner (gunshot wound).
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881).
Born November 11th, 1821 in Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor.
Died February 10th, 1881 at 59 years old in Saint Petersburg (epilepsy, pulmonary emphysema).
Alexander II of Russia
The 12th emperor of russia (1855–1881).
Born April 29th, 1818 in Small Nicholas Palace.
Died March 13th, 1881 at 62 years old in Winter Palace (bleeding).
Benjamin Disraeli
British statesman (1804–1881).
Born December 21st, 1804 in London. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1881 at 76 years old in Curzon Street. [ref]
Jim Bridger
American explorer (1804-1881).
Born March 17th, 1804 in Richmond.
Died July 17th, 1881 at 77 years old in Kansas City.
Marie Laveau
American voodoo practitioner.
Born September 10th, 1801 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1881 at 79 years old in New Orleans. [ref]
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Russian composer (1839–1881).
Born March 21st, 1839 in Karevo.
Died March 28th, 1881 at 42 years old in Saint Petersburg (infectious disease).
Ambrose Burnside
American general and politician (1824–1881).
Born May 23rd, 1824 in Liberty.
Died September 13th, 1881 at 57 years old in Bristol (angina pectoris).
Jenny von Westphalen
German theatre critic and political activist (1814–1881).
Born February 12th, 1814 in Salzwedel.
Died December 2nd, 1881 at 67 years old in London (liver cancer).
Matthias Jacob Schleiden
German botanist and philosopher (1804-1881).
Born April 5th, 1804 in Hamburg.
Died June 23rd, 1881 at 77 years old in Frankfurt.
Charles Léon
Illegitimate son of napoleon i (1806-1881).
Born December 13th, 1806 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1881 at 74 years old in Pontoise.
Sidney Lanier
American musician and poet (1842–1881).
Born February 3rd, 1842 in Macon.
Died September 7th, 1881 at 39 years old in Lynn (tuberculosis).
Fernando Wood
American politician (1812-1881).
Born June 14th, 1812 in Philadelphia.
Died February 14th, 1881 at 68 years old in Hot Springs.
Empress Dowager Ci'an
Dowager empress of china (1837-1881).
Born August 12th, 1837 in Beijing.
Died April 8th, 1881 at 43 years old in Forbidden City.
Jane Digby
British aristocrat.
Born April 3rd, 1807 in Holkham Hall.
Died August 11th, 1881 at 74 years old in Damascus (dysentery, myocardial infarction).
Lewis H. Morgan
American anthropologist (1818–1881).
Born November 21st, 1818 in Aurora. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1881 at 63 years old in Rochester. [ref]
William Fargo
American businessman and former mayor (1818–1881).
Born May 20th, 1818 in Pompey.
Died August 3rd, 1881 at 63 years old in Buffalo.
John C. Pemberton
Confederate army officer (1814–1881).
Born August 10th, 1814 in Philadelphia.
Died July 13th, 1881 at 66 years old in Lower Gwynedd Township.
John Gould
English ornithologist (1804–1881).
Born September 14th, 1804 in Lyme Regis.
Died February 3rd, 1881 at 76 years old in London.
William Burges
English architect (1827–1881).
Born December 2nd, 1827 in London.
Died April 20th, 1881 at 53 years old in The Tower House.
Prince August, 3rd Prince of Koháry
German prince (1818–1881).
Born June 13th, 1818 in Vienna.
Died July 26th, 1881 at 63 years old in Schloss Ebenthal.
Samuel Palmer
British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker (1805-1881).
Born January 26th, 1805 in Newington. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1881 at 76 years old in Redhill. [ref]
Ignacy Hryniewiecki
Assassin (1856–1881).
Born June 17th, 1856 in Basin.
Died March 13th, 1881 at 24 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Orson Pratt
Apostle of the lds church (1811–1881).
Born September 19th, 1811 in Hartford.
Died October 3rd, 1881 at 70 years old in Salt Lake City (diabetes).
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They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy