38 notable events from 1881 — fires, murders and rail accidents.
- Charles J. Guiteau
Jul 2, 1881 · Attack (other)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Oct 26, 1881 · United States · Shooting
- Assassination of James A. Garfield
Jul 2, 1881 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Mahdist War
Aug 1, 1881–1899 · Sudan · War & armed conflict
- Assassination of Alexander II of Russia
Mar 1, 1881 · Russian Federation · Bombing & explosion
- Pogroms in the Russian Empire
Jan 1, 1881–Jan 1, 1884 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Ignacy Hryniewiecki
Mar 13, 1881 · Terrorism
- Thomas Neill Cream
Jan 1, 1881–Jan 1, 1892 · Canada · Murder & homicide
- Nikolai Rysakov
Mar 13, 1881 · War & armed conflict
- Ringtheater fire
Dec 8, 1881 · Austria · Fire
- Kaitakushi government property sale scandal
1881 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- 1881–1896 cholera pandemic
1881–1896 · Epidemic & disease
- Victoria steamboat disaster
May 24, 1881 · Canada · Maritime disaster
- Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight
Apr 14, 1881 · United States · Massacre
- Warsaw pogrom (1881)
Dec 27, 1881 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Percy Lefroy Mapleton
Jun 27, 1881 · Murder & homicide
- Sarah Jane Robinson
Jan 1, 1881–Jan 1, 1886 · Murder & homicide
- Eyemouth disaster
Oct 14, 1881 · United Kingdom · Maritime disaster
- Kiev pogrom (1881)
1881 · Ukraine · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Canboulay riots
Feb 1881 · Trinidad and Tobago · Riot & unrest
- Mapuche uprising of 1881
Nov 3, 1881–Nov 12, 1881 · Chile · War & armed conflict
- Great Ryōgoku Fire
Jan 26, 1881 · Japan · Fire
- 1881 Chios earthquake
Apr 3, 1881 · Türkiye · Earthquake
- Guadalupe Canyon massacre
Aug 13, 1881 · United States · Massacre
- Walter Powell (MP for Malmesbury)
Dec 10, 1881 · France · Disappearance
- Thiers statue bombing
Jun 16, 1881 · France · Terrorism
- Massacre of Saïda (1881)
Jun 11, 1881 · Algeria · Massacre
- 1881 Nicobar Islands earthquake
Dec 31, 1881 · India · Earthquake
- Morelos railway accident
Jun 23, 1881 · Mexico · Rail accident
- Akita incident
1881 · Japan
- Eskimo tragedy
Feb 18, 1881 · Germany · Fire
- Ludmiła mine disaster in Sosnowiec
1881 · Poland · Industrial & structural disaster
- Fire in Minsk 1881
Jun 21, 1881 · Belarus · Fire
- 1881 Castle Hill earthquake
Dec 5, 1881 · New Zealand · Earthquake
- Chuchle battle
Jun 29, 1881 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- Charenton rail collision
Sep 5, 1881 · France · Rail accident
- Honey Creek Bridge rail disaster
Jul 6, 1881 · United States · Rail accident
- Severn rail accident
Mar 5, 1881 · United States · Rail accident