What Happened In June 1881 - Historical Events 1881 June

Historical Events for June, 1881

13th » The USS Jeannette (1878) e.g USS 'Jeannette' is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
28th » Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
29th » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.

2nd » Walter Egan (golfer) e.g Walter Egan, American golfer (d. 1971)
3rd » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964)
11th » Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (d. 1963)
16th » Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator (d. 1962)
17th » Tommy Burns (boxer) or Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955)
18th » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1956)
29th » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (d. 1929)
29th » Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist (d. 1959)

2nd » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
6th » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
13th » Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (b. 1805)
16th » Marie Laveau, American Louisiana Voodoo e.g voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)
16th » Josiah Mason, English businessman (b. 1795)
23rd » Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (b. 1804)
28th » Jules Armand Dufaure, French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1798)