Historical figures in 1881

The atlas holds 37 people and 60 moments here, in 1881. The most recorded lives are James A. Garfield, Sarah Bernhardt and Porfirio Díaz. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Pablo Picasso

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  2. Porfirio Díaz

    in 1881

    4 moments here

    José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…

  3. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…

  4. Rabindranath Tagore

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

  5. Ramakrishna

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay) was an Indian Hindu mystic and religious teacher.…

  6. Rubén Darío

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a central initiator of Spanish-language Modernismo.…

  7. Sarah Bernhardt

    in 1881

    4 moments here

    French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…

  8. Swami Vivekananda

    in 1881

    2 moments here

    Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, teacher, and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. Born Narendranath Datta in Calcutta, he travelled widely through India…

  9. Thomas Edison

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

  10. Victor Hugo

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…

  11. Vincent van Gogh

    in 1881

    3 moments here

    Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…

  12. Walt Whitman

    in 1881

    2 moments here

    American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…

  13. Yun Ch'iho

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…

Moments

  1. 1881 Moves family to Moscow Leo Tolstoy
  2. 1881 Visit to the Kalaupapa leprosy settlement Liliʻuokalani
  3. 1881 Birth in Shaoxing Lu Xun
  4. 1881 First Meiningen working stay Johannes Brahms
  5. 1881 Born in Málaga Pablo Picasso
  6. 1881 Works from his parents' home in Etten Vincent van Gogh
  7. 1881 Portrait at Bengal Photographers' Studio Ramakrishna
  8. 1881 Move to Managua Rubén Darío
  9. 1881 Establishes a Hague studio Vincent van Gogh
  10. 1881 Studies with Anton Mauve Vincent van Gogh

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