1881

Centuries:	18th century 19th century 20th century
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years:	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1881 (Events)

1881 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar and a common year of the Julian calendar, the 1881st year of the Common Era (CE), the 81st year of the 19th century, and the 2nd year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1881, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. 1881 corresponds to the years 37–38 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events

Ridván Garden near 'Akká

• The Ridván Garden and the Firdaws Garden are purchased on Bahá'u'lláh's behalf.
• Amínu’l-Bayán is martyred in Ádhirbáyján. Hájí Amín succeeds him as Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh.
• March 24: Mírzá Yahyá is freed by the British administration of Cyprus. He makes a request for British citizenship which is denied.

Births

• Matthew W. Bullock, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Dutch West Indies.
• April 10: Sadie Oglesby, early African American Bahá'í.
• October 6: Harlan Ober, member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the U.S. & Canada and pioneer to Africa.
• November 6: Stanwood Cobb, American Bahá'í author and educator.

Deaths

• Amínu’l-Bayán, first Trustee of Huqúqu'lláh. Martyred by Kurdish rebels in Ádhirbáyján.
• Fatimih Bagum, Mother of the Báb.

References

• https://bahai-library.com/chronology/188-