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August 27 – The fifth hurricane of the 1881 Atlantic hurricane season hits Florida and the Carolinas, killing about 700. September 5 – The Thumb Fire in the U.S. state of Michigan destroys over a million acres (4,000 km²) and kills 282 people.
Historical Events for the Year 1881. 25th January » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 13th February » The feminist newspaper 'La Citoyenne' is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert. 16th February » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th ...
Events January–March. January 1–24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The Chilean army defeats Peruvian forces.
- January 1, 1880 - The construction of the Panama Canal begins under French auspices, although it would eventually fail on the sea level canal in 1893, and would be bought out by the United States twenty-four years later under President Theodore Roosevelt.
- January 25, 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. More. May 21, 1881 - The American Red Cross names Clara Barton president, a post she would hold until 1904 through nineteen relief missions.
- January 2, 1882 - The Standard Oil Company trust of John D. Rockefeller is begun when Rockefeller places his oil holdings inside it. More. January 30, 1882 - Future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born at his home in Hyde Park, New York.
- January 16, 1883 - The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is passed by Congress, overhauling federal civil service and establishing the U.S. Civil Service agency.
Aug 16, 2019 · 1881. January 19, 1881: John Sutter, owner of the sawmill where a gold discovery launched the California Gold Rush, dies in Washington, D.C. March 4, 1881: James Garfield is inaugurated as President of the United States. March 13, 1881: Alexander II, son of Nicholas I, is assassinated.
Jan 22 "Cleopatra's Needle", a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York ; Jan 25 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. Jan 26 Union of Baptists Communities forms in Foxholl; Jan 28 Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British
