| January 5, 1881 |
W. J. Gaines (Wesley John) Gaines proposes the establishment of a College for African-American youths in North Georgia.
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| March 15, 1881 |
H. I. Kimball, who had asked Atlanta to pay for 1/3 of the cost of the show, secures funding for the International Cotton Exposition in 6 hours. |
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1881 International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia |
| March 19, 1881 |
H. I. Kimball begins a fundraising campaign in New York City with the help of John Inman and Samuel Tannenhill, president of the New York Cotton Exchange |
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1881 International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia |
| April 4, 1881 |
State of Georgia grants a charter for the International Cotton Exposition. |
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1881 International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia |
| April 11, 1881 |
The Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, a college for African-American women, opens in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church on the corner of Mitchell St. and Haynes St. It will become Spelman College, |
| April 29, 1881 |
James Longstreet leaves Turkey
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James Longstreet |
| August 4, 1881 |
H. I. Kimball appears before the House Finance Committee to secure funding for the International Cotton Exposition. Statewide support for the project is mixed. |
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1881 International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia |
| August 13, 1881 |
Henry Flipper, the only black above the rank of Sergeant in the U. S. Army, is accused of embezzlement.
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Henry O. Flipper From Slave to Officer
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| August 13, 1881 |
Atlanta's Spelman College opens the first nursing school for African-Americans
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| August 27, 1881 |
Hurricane smashes the Georgia coast in the vicinity of Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| September 7, 1881 |
Poet Sidney Clopton Lanier dies, from complications of tuberculosis, which he caught at Point Lookout, Maryland a Union prisoner-of-war camp. |
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Sidney Lanier |
| September 17, 1881 |
Court-martial of Henry Flipper begins
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Henry O. Flipper From Slave to Officer
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| September 17, 1881 |
Henry Flipper is found not guilty of embezzlement, but guilty of a lesser included charge, "conduct unbecoming."
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Henry O. Flipper From Slave to Officer
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| September 19, 1881 |
Some commercial vehicles are required to display licenses
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| September 19, 1881 |
Vehicles for hire in Atlanta must display a license tag. |
| September 24, 1881 |
Atlanta opens its first telephone exchange
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| October 5, 1881 |
1881 International Cotton Exposition opens at Oglethorpe Park in Atlanta
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1881 International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia |
| October 26, 1881 |
Gunfight at the O. K. Corral
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Doc Holliday (John Henry Holliday)
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| December 7, 1881 |
Alfred Austell dies.
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| December 31, 1881 |
1881 International Cotton Exposition closes.
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1881 International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia |
