1881 – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי

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1881

Events

January–March

January 1–January 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans.
January 24 – William Edward Forster, the chief secretary for Ireland, introduces his Coercion Bill, which temporarily suspended habeas corpus so that those people suspected of committing an offence could be detained without trial; it goes through a long debate before it is accepted February 2.
January 25 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
February 2 – The Parkfield earthquake occurs.
February 4 The Linngton Manor was burned to the ground only William Linnington remained unharmed.
February 5 – Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated.
February 13 – The first issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is published by Hubertine Auclert.
February 16 – The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated.
February 19 – Kansas becomes the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
March 1 – The Cunard Line's , the first steel transatlantic liner, is launched at Clydebank in Scotland.
March 4 – Inauguration of James A. Garfield as the 20th President of the United States.
March 12 – Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player.
March 13 – Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him. He is succeeded by his son, Alexander III.
March 23 – First Boer War comes to an end.

1881 – מילון אנגלי-עברי