1881

Events 
 The Hamleys Toy Store opens on Regent's Street in London.

 Births 
 February 11 – Arthur Davidson, American business man (d. 1950)
 February 21 - Kenneth J. Alford, British composer (d. 1945)
 October 25 – Pablo Picasso (d. 1973)
 November 25 – Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)

 Deaths 
 September 19 – United States President James A. Garfield (b. 1831)