1881

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1850s  1860s  1870s  – 1880s –  1890s  1900s  1910s
Years:	1878 1879 1880 – 1881 – 1882 1883 1884

Events

• The Hamleys Toy Store opens on Regent's Street in London.

Births

• February 11 – Arthur Davidson, American business man (d. 1950)
• February 21 - Kenneth J. Alford, British composer (d. 1945)
• October 25 – Pablo Picasso (d. 1973)
• November 25 – Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)

Deaths

• September 19 – United States President James A. Garfield (b. 1831)