Editing 1881 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]]&ndash;[[December 31]] &ndash; The [[International Cotton Exposition]] is held in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, USA.
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Richard D'Oyly Carte]]'s [[Savoy Theatre]] opens in London, the world's first public building to be fully lit by electricity, using [[Joseph Swan]]'s [[incandescent light bulb]]s.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* [[October 13]] &ndash; Determined to bring about the [[revival of the Hebrew language]] as a way of unifying [[Jews]], [[Eliezer Ben-Yehuda]] has what is believed to be the first conversation in [[Modern Hebrew]], with friends living in [[Paris]].
* [[October 26]] &ndash; The [[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]] occurs in [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]], [[Cochise County, Arizona]], USA.
* [[October 29]] &ndash; The satirical magazine ''[[Judge (magazine)|Judge]]'' is first published in the United States.
* November &ndash; [[Newcastle United F.C.]] is founded in the northeast of England as Stanley F.C., with a further name change to Newcastle East End F.C. the following year.
* [[November 3]] &ndash; The [[Mapuche uprising of 1881]] begins with an attack on Quillem, Chile.
* [[November 9]] &ndash; Brahms' [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] premieres in Budapest with the composer as soloist.
* [[November 11]] &ndash; The [[Clarkson Memorial]] to an anti-slavery campaigner in [[Wisbech]] (England) is completed and unveiled to the public.
* [[November 19]] &ndash; A [[meteorite]] strikes the Earth near the village of Großliebenthal, a few kilometers southwest of [[Odesa]], [[Ukraine]].
* [[December 8]] &ndash; At least 380 die in a [[Ringtheater fire|fire]] at the [[Vienna]] [[Ringtheater]].
* [[December 25]] &ndash; Catholic religious congregation [[Mothers of the Forsaken and Saint Joseph of the Mountain]] is founded by Blessed [[Petra of Saint Joseph]].
* [[December 25]]&ndash;[[December 27|27]] &ndash; The [[Warsaw pogrom (1881)|Warsaw pogrom]] is carried out in Vistula Land, [[Russian Empire]].<ref name="STRxmas">{{cite web|last1=Kelemen|first1=Lawrence|title=The History of Christmas|url=http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm#_ftn6|website=simpletoremember.com|publisher=SimpleToRemember.com - Judaism Online|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[Virgil Earp]] is ambushed in [[Tombstone, Arizona]], and loses the use of his left arm.