May 6 Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin May 6 Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin May 13 Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 May 29 Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833) Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1881 Famous Deaths by Year 1883