Timeline March 1881

Events in March 1881 6

• 1818 – 1881 Alexander II The Liberator The most beloved Russian Tsar in Finland; his statue still stands in Helsinki Senate Square for his liberal reforms.
• 1835 – 1881 Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881) Died 23 March 1881, aged 45 Russian pianist and conductor who founded the Moscow Conservatory and championed the music of Tchaikovsky. He was a leading figure in Russian musical life during the late nineteenth century. He died in Paris while seeking treatment for tuberculosis.
• 1839 – 1881 Modest Mussorgsky Russian nationalist composer Russian composer of the nationalist school, known for Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain, often orchestrated by Ravel.
• 1877 – 1881 Hayes presidency 19th President — 1877 to 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes served as the 19th President from March 5, 1877 to March 4, 1881. He ended Reconstruction, withdrew federal troops from the South, and began civil service reform.
• 1881 Garfield presidency 20th President — assassinated 1881 James A. Garfield served as the 20th President from March 4, 1881 until his death on September 19, 1881 following an assassination attempt on July 2. His death led to passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.
• 1881 – 1945 Béla Bartók Hungarian modernist composer Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist who fused folk music with modernism in his string quartets, Concerto for Orchestra and piano works.