Lewis Henry Morgan ( 1818 – 1881 ), a lawyer from Rochester, New York, became an advocate for and ethnological scholar of the Iroquois.

* Albert Austin ( 1881 – 1953 ), British / American actor

* 1881 – Karl Staaf, Swedish athlete ( d. 1953 )

* 1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor ( d. 1961 )

* 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1955 )

* 1881 – Louella Parsons, American columnist ( d. 1972 )

In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane ( first staged an England – Australia Test in the 1932 – 33 season ), Adelaide Oval ( 1884 – 85 ), The WACA, Perth ( 1970 – 71 ) the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) ( 1876 – 77 ) and the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) ( 1881 – 82 ).

Julius's wife, Alan's mother, was Ethel Sara ( née Stoney ; 1881 – 1976 ), daughter of Edward Waller Stoney, chief engineer of the Madras Railways.

* 1881 – Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician ( d. 1940 )

* Haliotis pourtalesii Dall, 1881 – the Pourtale ’ s abalone

* 1881 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal ( d. 1954 )

* 1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.

* 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor ( d. 1953 )

* 1881 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast ( d. 1942 )

* 1881 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist ( d. 1956 )

* 1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director ( d. 1959 )

* 1881 – George Enescu, Romanian composer ( d. 1955 )

Aga Khan I (; or, less commonly but more correctly (; ), was the title accorded to Hasan Ali Shah (; ; 1804 in Kohak, Iran – 1881 in Bombay, India ), the governor of Kirman, 46th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims, and prominent Muslim leader in Iran and later in the Indian Subcontinent.

* Alexander II of Russia ( 1818 – 1881 ), emperor of Russia

* Alexander II of Russia ( 1818 – 1881 ), Emperor of Russia

He was the soloist at the premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1881, in Pest.

Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (,, Klyment Okhrimovych Voroshylov ), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov () ( 4 February 1881 – 2 December 1969 ) was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman.

2: 1881 – 1887 ) ( Cambridge: University Press, 1899 – 1920, reissued by the publisher 2011, ISBN 978-0-511-70397-3 )

* 1881 – U. S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.

A team of Lillywhite, Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury financed England's next tour to North America and Australia, in 1881 / 2, and it was during this tour that the first accusations of match fixing appeared, during England's match against a Victoria XI.

Garfield's presidency lasted just 200 days — from March 4, 1881, until his death on September 19, 1881, as a result of being shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881.

President Garfield had a mere four months to establish his presidency before he was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a deranged political office seeker, on July 2, 1881.

The brewery opened in 1881, and was run by a limited company-Eldridge Pope Limited-following the incorporation of that company on 2 March 1898.

The repeated waves of pogroms that swept Eastern Europe in the 19th and early 20th century prompted mass Jewish emigration ( more than 2 million Russian Jews emigrated in the period 1881 – 1920 ).

11., 1880 – 1881, pp. 272 – 276 ; The Electrician No 5, 18 September 1880, pps 220-221 and 2 October 1880 pps 237 ; Nature ( London ) Vol 22, 23 September 1880, pps.

Susan May Williams ( 2 April 1812-15 September 1881 ) was the daughter of Benjamin Williams, a prominent Baltimore merchant originally from Roxbury, Massachusetts, and his wife, Sarah Copeland, widow of Nathaniel Morton.

Wyatt later said that on June 2, 1881 he offered the Wells, Fargo & Co. reward money and more to Ike Clanton if he would provide information leading to the capture or death of the stage robbers.

Detail from Ilya Repin's celebrated portrait of Mussorgsky, painted 2 – 5 March 1881, only a few days before the composer's death.

Karl Weyprecht, also spelt Carl Weyprecht, ( 8 September 1838 – 2 March 1881 ) was an Austro-Hungarian explorer.

In 1881, Lon Myers set what was then a world record at 1000 yards, running it in 2: 13. 0.

The town gained a Catholic church in 1880, and a Methodist one in 1881, each costing about $ 2, 500 to build and furnish.

Weston was at one time the second largest port on the Missouri river, surpassing both Kansas City and St. Joseph, however a flood in 1881 shifted the river into an old channel some 2 miles away.

Over the centuries, portions of the township were taken to form Woolwich Township ( March 7, 1767 ), Franklin Township ( January 27, 1820 ), Spicer Township ( March 13, 1844 ; now Harrison Township ), Mantua Township ( February 23, 1853 ), East Greenwich Township ( February 10, 1881 ) and Paulsboro ( March 2, 1904 ).

President Garfield was brought to Long Branch in the hope that the fresh air and quiet might aid his recovery after being shot on July 2, 1881, an incident that left the assassin's bullet lodged in his spine.

A notice appeared in the April 2, 1881 morning edition of the Austin Statesman: “ Du Pre – Spend Saturday, April 2, at Du Pre, on International and Great Northern Railroad, fourteen and a half miles from Austin.

Marcus Clarke in 1874Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke ( 24 April 1846 – 2 August 1881 ) was an Australian novelist and poet, best known for his novel For the Term of his Natural Life.