Editing 1881 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Spelman College]] is established in Atlanta, Georgia.
* [[April 14]] &ndash; The [[Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight]] erupts in [[El Paso, Texas]].
* [[April 15]]
** [[Temuco]], [[Chile]], is founded.
** [[Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire#1881–84|Anti-Semitic pogroms in Southern Russia]] begin.
* [[April 21]] &ndash; The [[University of Connecticut]] is founded as the Storrs Agricultural School.
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Caulfield Grammar School]] is founded in [[Melbourne]], Australia.
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Billy the Kid]] escapes from his 2 jailers at the [[Lincoln County, New Mexico|Lincoln County]] Jail in [[Mesilla, New Mexico|Mesilla]], [[New Mexico]], killing James Bell and Robert Ollinger, before stealing a horse and riding out of town.
* [[April 29]]–[[April 30|30]] &ndash; {{SS|Tararua}} hits a reef and sinks off the coast of [[New Zealand]]'s South Island with only 20 survivors of the 151 onboard.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|first=Gerard|last=Hutching|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/SeaAndAirTransport/Shipwrecks/2/ENZ-Resources/Standard/6/en|title=Shipwrecks – SS Tararua|encyclopedia=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|date=2007-09-21|accessdate=2025-03-29}}</ref> 
* [[May 12]] &ndash; In North Africa, [[Tunisia]] becomes a French protectorate by the [[Treaty of Bardo]].
* [[May 13]] &ndash; The Pacific island of [[Rotuma]] cedes to Great Britain, becoming a dependency of the [[Colonial Fiji|Colony of Fiji]].
[[Image:First electric tram- Siemens 1881 in Lichterfelde.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|World's first regular electric [[tram]] service started in [[Berlin]]]]
* [[May 16]] &ndash; The world's first regular electric [[tram]] service is started in [[Berlin]], by [[Siemens & Halske]].
* [[May 21]]
** The [[American Red Cross]] is established by [[Clara Barton]].
** The [[United States Tennis Association]] is established by  a small group of tennis club members; the first U.S. [[Tennis]] Championships are played this year.
* [[May 22]] (May 10 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; [[Carol I of Romania|Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] is crowned King of [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].
* [[June 12]] &ndash; The [[USS Jeannette (1878)|USS ''Jeannette'']] is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
* [[June 18]] &ndash; The [[League of the Three Emperors]] is resurrected.
* [[June 20]] &ndash; The current [[Cincinnati Reds]] baseball team plays its first game.
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[War of the Pacific]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sangrar]]: Peruvian and Chilean forces battle to a draw.