Explore 1132 historical events from 1880–1889.
Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal was a Sudanese religious and political leader. In 1881, he claimed to be the Mahdi and led a war against Egyptian rule in Sudan, which culmina…
In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam
A telephone call, phone call, voice call, or simply a call, is the use of a connection over a telephone network between two parties for audio communication. To start a call, the ca…
The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine,…
The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime m…
General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
Charles Julius Guiteau was an American office seeker who assassinated the 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield, in 1881. A failed lawyer suffering from mental ill…
Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his…
Harry Jheopart Capehart Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, and businessperson in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Capehart served as a member of the West Virginia House of Del…
Harry J
George Elsworth Wiley was an American racing cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century.
George E
Alfredo A. Cabrera was a professional baseball shortstop who played many years in the Cuban League. His nickname was Pájaro, which is Spanish for "Bird."
Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (died 1964)
Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse was a Dutch conductor and composer. Among his works are five symphonies and the Dutch-language opera Thijl (1940).
Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (died 1944)
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in…
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (died 1963)
Henry McCarty, alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders. He was solely responsib…
American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the Maxwell House at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
The 1881 Atlantic hurricane season featured a tropical cyclone that remains one of the deadliest in the history of the United States. Seven tropical storms are known to have develo…
The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the nort…
In the Swiss state of Glarus, a rockslide buries parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115…
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. A Republican from New York, he served as the 20th vice president under President James A…
U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in upon the death of James A. Garfield the previous day.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. was a French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, philosopher, mystic, and teacher. Teilhard de Chardin investigated the theory of evolution f…
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (died 1955)
Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure in Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, a …
Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author (died 1922)
Joseph Forshaw Jr. was an American athlete who competed mainly in the marathon.
Joe Forshaw, American runner (died 1964)
Lionel Laughton Hill was an Australian politician who served as the thirtieth Premier of South Australia, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.
Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia (died 1963)
George Murray Hulbert was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who was a United States representative from New York and a United States district judge of the United States Di…
George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (died 1950)
Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor was a Mexican politician, the 45th President of Mexico from 1 June to 30 November 1920, following the assassination of President Venustiano Carran…
Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (died 1955)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish field marshal and statesperson who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (died 1938)
Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. He commanded …
Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (died 1968)
Walter Eugene Egan was an American golfer who competed in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
Walter Egan, American golfer (died 1971)
Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was a Russian avant-garde painter who worked with radical exhibitors and pioneered the first approach to abstract Russian art. He was founding member o…
Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (died 1964)
Spiros George Xenos was a Greek-Swedish artist.
Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (died 1963)