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==Events==
==Events==
* [[June 17]]: [[William Hickman]]'s dry goods store in [[Trussville]] burned down.
* [[July 4]]: [[Tuskegee Institute]] opened.
* [[July 4]]: [[Tuskegee Institute]] opened.
* [[July 11]]: [[Charles Linn]] celebrated his 67th birthday during a lunar eclipse at [[Linn's Park]].
* [[October 1]]: Adam Forepaugh brought his "Great Forepaugh Show" circus to Birmingham.
* [[Fraternal Cemetery]] was established in [[Pratt City]].
* [[Fraternal Cemetery]] was established in [[Pratt City]].
* The [[Georgia Pacific Railroad]] was constructed through the area where [[Leeds]] was then founded.
* The [[Georgia Pacific Railroad]] was constructed through the area where [[Leeds]] was then founded.
* [[Williamson Hawkins]] sold much of his former [[Williamson Hawkins plantation|plantation]] to the [[Thomas Iron Company]].
* [[Williamson Hawkins]] sold much of his former [[Williamson Hawkins plantation|plantation]] to the [[Thomas Iron Company]].
* The area of [[Southside]] near [[18th Street South]] and [[5th Avenue South|5th Avenue]] was attracting a "large number of new settlers around the big spring", attracted by the convenience of fresh water.
* The area of [[Southside]] near [[18th Street South]] and [[5th Avenue South|5th Avenue]] was attracting a "large number of new settlers around the big spring", attracted by the convenience of fresh water.
* Sister Augustine of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration asked Saint Mary for her blessing to return some day and build a [[Blessed Sacrament Academy|convent and school]] near [[Elyton Station]].


===Business===
===Business===
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* Fall: The J. M. Maxwell & Company grocery wholesaler became [[McLester & Van Hoose]].
* Fall: The J. M. Maxwell & Company grocery wholesaler became [[McLester & Van Hoose]].
* [[December 3]]: ''[[The Daily Age]]'' began publication.
* [[December 3]]: ''[[The Daily Age]]'' began publication.
* [[December 14]]: [[W. F. Orr]] leased property on [[1st Avenue North]] for a livery stable.
* [[Truman Aldrich]] resigned from the [[Pratt Coal and Coke Company]] to found the [[Cahaba Coal Company]].
* [[Truman Aldrich]] resigned from the [[Pratt Coal and Coke Company]] to found the [[Cahaba Coal Company]].
* The [[Caldwell Printing Works]] was established by [[Charles Caldwell|Charles]] and [[John Caldwell]].
* [[Henry F. DeBardeleben]], final stakeholder in the [[Pratt Coal and Coke Company]], sold it to [[Enoch Ensley]] for $600,000.
* [[Henry F. DeBardeleben]], final stakeholder in the [[Pratt Coal and Coke Company]], sold it to [[Enoch Ensley]] for $600,000.
* [[Mitchell A. Porter]] became a partner in his [[Mitchell Porter|father]]'s law firm.
* [[Mitchell A. Porter]] became a partner in his [[Mitchell Porter|father]]'s law firm.
* The [[Sloss Furnace Company]] was founded.
* The [[Sloss Furnace Company]] was founded.
* The [[Woodward Iron Company]] was started.
* The [[Woodward Iron Company]] was started.
* [[William Rushton Sr]] founded the [[Birmingham Ice & Cold Storage Co.|Birmingham Ice Factory Company]].


===Government===
===Government===
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* [[June 18]]: [[Sixth Avenue Baptist Church]] was founded as the "Second Colored Baptist Church".
* [[June 18]]: [[Sixth Avenue Baptist Church]] was founded as the "Second Colored Baptist Church".
* [[Benjamin F. Hendon]] became [[List of pastors of Ruhama Baptist Church|pastor]] of [[Ruhama Baptist Church]].
* [[Benjamin F. Hendon]] became [[List of pastors of Ruhama Baptist Church|pastor]] of [[Ruhama Baptist Church]].
* [[St Catherine of Siena Catholic Church]] was founded in [[Pratt City]].


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
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[[Image:Mortimer Jordan WWI.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Mortimer Jordan]]
[[Image:Mortimer Jordan WWI.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Mortimer Jordan]]
* [[April 8]]: [[David O. Whilldin]], architect
* [[April 8]]: [[David O. Whilldin]], architect
* [[August 13]]: [[Thomas Martin]], president of [[Alabama Power Company]]
* [[August 16]]: [[Philipp Mock]], ''Titanic'' survivor
* [[August 24]]: [[Fred McDuff]], [[List of Birmingham police chiefs|Birmingham Police Chief]]
* [[August 24]]: [[Fred McDuff]], [[List of Birmingham police chiefs|Birmingham Police Chief]]
* [[October 26]]:  [[Guy Snavely]], [[Birmingham-Southern College]] president
* [[November 10]]: [[Joseph Loveman]], president of [[Loveman's]] department store
* [[November 15]]: [[Mortimer Jordan (WWI)|Mortimer Jordan]], [[World War I]] hero
* [[November 15]]: [[Mortimer Jordan (WWI)|Mortimer Jordan]], [[World War I]] hero
* [[May Hawes]], murder victim
* [[May Hawes]], murder victim


===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[William Harding]] from the [[University of Alabama]]
* [[Mitchell A. Porter]] from the [[University of Alabama School of Law]], bachelor of laws
* [[Mitchell A. Porter]] from the [[University of Alabama School of Law]], bachelor of laws
* [[James Stiles]] from the University of Mississippi, law degree
* [[James Stiles]] from the University of Mississippi, law degree
===Marriages===
* [[March 31]]: [[Flora Thompson|Flora Richards]] to [[B. A. Thompson]]
* [[June 23]]: Businessman [[Freeman Daniel]] to the former [[Emily Daniel|Emily Thomas Bozeman]].
* [[July 21]]: Attorney [[Emmet O'Neal]] to [[Elizabeth O'Neal|Elizabeth Kirkman]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[February 1]]: [[Amy Phelan]], wife of [[Ellis Phelan]]
* [[February 1]]: [[Amy Phelan]], wife of [[Ellis Phelan]]
* [[May 2]]: [[J. J. Jolly]], attorney
* [[Martha Jane Lawson]]
* [[Martha Jane Lawson]]
* [[Mary Wilda]], first wife of [[Reinhard Wilda]]


==Works==
==Works==
===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* The original [[Sixth Avenue Baptist ChurchSecond Colored Baptist Church]] building
* The original [[Sixth Avenue Baptist Church Second Colored Baptist Church]] building
* [[Charles Stillman residence]]
* [[Charles Stillman residence]]
* [[James Van Hoose residence]]
* [[James Van Hoose residence]]
* [[Rocky Ridge Elementary School]]


==Context==
==Context==

Latest revision as of 17:42, 15 April 2023

1881 was the tenth year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Government

Religion

Individuals

Births

Mortimer Jordan

Graduations

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Deaths

Works

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Context

In 1881, Phoenix, Arizona was incorporated. James A. Garfield was inaugurated as President. The First Boer War ended. The American Red Cross was founded. Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett. The fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season hit Florida and the Carolinas, killing about 700. The Thumb Fire in Michigan destroyed over a million acres and killed 282 people. Chester A. Arthur succeeded Garfield as President after Garfield died from a shooting. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral occurred in Tombstone, Arizona.

Notable books published in 1881 included The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins, The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, and The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis. Notable music composed in 1881 included String Quartet No. 2 by Alexander Borodin, Pièces pittoresques by Emmanuel Chabrier, and Nuages Gris by Franz Liszt.

Notable births in 1881 included chemist Irving Langmuir, ballerina Anna Pavlova, actress Maude Fealy, composer Béla Bartók, fashion designer Guccio Gucci, Navy officer Kenneth Whiting, film director Cecil B. DeMille, airplane manufacturer William Boeing, writer P. G. Wodehouse, painter Pablo Picasso, and columnist Franklin Pierce Adams. Notable deaths included painting subject Anna McNeill Whistler, author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Emperor Alexander II of Russia (assassinated), former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Billy the Kid (killed), and President James A. Garfield (assassinated).

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