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== Events ==
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* [[January 24]] – [[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]].
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* [[January 25]] – [[Thomas Edison]] and [[Alexander Graham Bell]] form the [[Oriental Telephone Company]].
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* [[February 16]] &ndash; The [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] is incorporated.<ref>http://members.kos.net/sdgagnon/cpa.html </ref>
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* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[James A. Garfield]] is [[Inauguration of James A. Garfield|sworn in]], as the 20th President of the United States.
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* [[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]].
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* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire#1881–84|Anti-Semitic pogroms in Southern Russia]] begin.
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* [[May 12]] &ndash; In North Africa, [[Tunisia]] becomes a French protectorate by the [[Treaty of Bardo]].
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* [[June 18]] &ndash; The [[League of the Three Emperors]] ([[Germany]],[[Austria]], [[Russia]]) is resurrected.
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* [[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]].
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* [[August 3]] &ndash; The [[Pretoria Convention]] peace treaty is signed, officially ending the war between the [[Boers]] and [[United Kingdom|Britain]].
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* [[August 27]] &ndash; The [[1881 Atlantic hurricane season|fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season]] hits Florida and the Carolinas, killing about 700.
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* [[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.
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* [[September 20]] &ndash; President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in.
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* [[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]].
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* [[November 3]] &ndash; The [[Mapuche uprising of 1881]] begins, with an attack on Quillem, [[Chile]].
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* [[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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=== Date unknown ===
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* Some [[Vatican Secret Archives|Vatican archives]] are opened to scholars for the first time.
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 16 March 2021

1871 < 1872 < 1873 < 1874 < 1875 < 1876 < 1877 <1878 < 1879 < 1880 < 1881 > 1882 > 1883 > 1884 > 1885 > 1886 > 1887 > 1888 > 1889 > 1890 > 1891

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Emperor Alexander II of Russia (assassinated)
year 1881

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