View source for 1881

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== Events ==
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[William Edward Forster]], chief secretary for Ireland, introduces his Coercion Bill, which temporarily suspends [[habeas corpus]] so that those people suspected of committing an offence can be detained without trial; it goes through a long debate before it is accepted [[February 2]].
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] and [[Alexander Graham Bell]] form the [[Oriental Telephone Company]].
* [[February 16]] &ndash; The [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] is incorporated.<ref>http://members.kos.net/sdgagnon/cpa.html </ref>
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[James A. Garfield]] is [[Inauguration of James A. Garfield|sworn in]], as the 20th President of the United States.
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Alexander II of Russia]] is killed near his palace, when a bomb is thrown at him. He is succeeded by his son, [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]].
* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire#1881–84|Anti-Semitic pogroms in Southern Russia]] begin.
* [[May 12]] &ndash; In North Africa, [[Tunisia]] becomes a French protectorate by the [[Treaty of Bardo]].
* [[June 18]] &ndash; The [[League of the Three Emperors]] ([[Germany]],[[Austria]], [[Russia]]) is resurrected.
* [[July 2]] &ndash; [[Assassination of James A. Garfield]]: United States President [[James A. Garfield]] is shot by lawyer [[Charles J. Guiteau]] in Washington, D.C. The wound becomes [[Infection|infected]], killing Garfield on [[September 19]].
* [[August 3]] &ndash; The [[Pretoria Convention]] peace treaty is signed, officially ending the war between the [[Boers]] and [[United Kingdom|Britain]].
* [[August 27]] &ndash; The [[1881 Atlantic hurricane season|fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season]] hits Florida and the Carolinas, killing about 700.
* [[September 19]] &ndash; President [[James A. Garfield]] dies eleven weeks after being shot. Vice President [[Chester A. Arthur]] becomes the 21st President of the United States.
* [[September 20]] &ndash; President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in.
* [[October 13]] &ndash; Determined to bring about the [[revival of the Hebrew language]] as a way of unifying [[Jews]], [[Eliezer Ben-Yehuda]] has what is believed to be the first conversation in [[Modern Hebrew]], with friends living in [[Paris]].
* [[November 3]] &ndash; The [[Mapuche uprising of 1881]] begins, with an attack on Quillem, [[Chile]].
* [[December 25]]&ndash;[[December 27|27]] &ndash; The [[Warsaw pogrom (1881)|Warsaw pogrom]] is carried out in Vistula Land, [[Russian Empire]].<ref>http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm#_ftn6</ref>

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* Some [[Vatican Secret Archives|Vatican archives]] are opened to scholars for the first time.

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