What Happened In May 1881 In History

Historical Events for May, 1881

• 12th » In North Africa, Ottoman Tunisia known as Tunisia becomes a French Protectorate of Tunisia e.g French protectorate.
• 21st » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1881

• 1st » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French-American priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (d. 1955)
• 1st » John Svanberg, Swedish long-distance runner (d. 1957)
• 4th » Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 1970)
• 7th » George E. Wiley, American cyclist (d. 1954)
• 11th » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
• 11th » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)
• 11th » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1963)
• 13th » Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1922)
• 13th » Joseph Forshaw (athlete) named Joe Forshaw, American runner (d. 1964)
• 14th » George Murray Hulbert, American politician (d. 1950)
• 14th » Ed Walsh, American baseball player and coach (d. 1959)
• 19th » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
• 30th » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)

Famous Deaths for May 1881

• 14th » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse (b. 1805)
• 24th » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 26th » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)

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