Historical Events in 1881
55 curated events dated to this year, and 245 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1881
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Aldrich Becomes Editor of 'The Atlantic Monthly'
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First Wave of Jewish Immigration from Eastern Europe
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Involvement with Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society
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Pogroms in the Russian Empire
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Posthumous Recognition
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Publication of 'A Century of Dishonor'
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Publication of 'The Garden of Dreams'
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Publication of 'Xantippe and Other Verse'
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Publication of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' (Deathbed Edition)
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Advocacy for Native American Rights
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Death of Arthur O'Shaughnessy
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Death of José María Iparraguirre
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Education at the University of Manchester
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Education at University of New Brunswick
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Kipling's First Published Work
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Marriage to Mary Bourdillon
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Pasteur and Chamberland Develop the First Bacterial Vaccine for Anthrax
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Publication of 'The Love Sonnets of Proteus'
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works of Mathilde Blind'
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Publication of A Handful of Honeysuckle
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Scramble for Africa
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Assassination of James Garfield
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Christina Rossetti Publishes 'A Pageant and Other Poems'
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Final relocation to Lynn, North Carolina
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Founding of the Anaconda Copper Company
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Marriage to Joseph Darmesteter
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Marriage to Mary Ellen Smith
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Move to New York City
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Niagara Falls Street Lamps Powered by Hydropower
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Publication of 'Ballads and Sonnets'
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Publication of 'Poems and Sonnets'
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Recognition by the Scottish Literary Community
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Siemens demonstrates the world's first electric railway in Berlin-Lichterfelde
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Teaching at Wellesley College
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The Epic Arctic Drift and Escape of the USS Jeannette Crew
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Thomson's Struggles with Mental Health
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Travel to Germany and Switzerland
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Birth of First Child, Paul
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Education at Dulwich College
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Family Relocation to Dorchester
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First Electric Trams in Operation
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First Hydroelectric Plant at Niagara
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Friendship with John Burroughs
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Godalming becomes the first town with public electricity supply
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Marriage to Ellen Mary
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May Sinclair attends Cheltenham Ladies’ College
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Oscar Wilde Publishes Poems
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Publication of 'The North Shore Watch' and 'The Poet's Poet'
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Publication of 'The Search after Proserpine'
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Publication of 'The Statues in the Block, and Other Poems'
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Rational Dress Society Founded in London
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Robert Louis Stevenson Visits Cramond and Edinburgh Castle
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SS Tararua Is Wrecked at Waipapa Point
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Birth of Daughter, Mary
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Construction of Villa Tennyson in San Remo
Poets alive in 1881
245 poets
Poets in 1881
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