1881

• After years of planning and dithering, construction finally begins on the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
• Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross.

These people were born:

• Spanish painter Pablo Picasso.

These people died:

• Russian Tsar Alexander II, assassinated with hand grenades by Belarusian activist Ihnat Hryniavicki.
• Belarusian activist Ihnat Hryniavicki, killed while assassinating the Tsar.

1880 - 1881 - 1882

19th century

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