1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1881st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 881st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 19th century, and the 2nd year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1881, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 18th century19th century20th century
Decades: 1850s  1860s  1870s  – 1880s –  1890s  1900s  1910s
Years: 1878 1879 188018811882 1883 1884
1881 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1881
MDCCCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita2634
Armenian calendar1330
ԹՎ ՌՅԼ
Assyrian calendar6631
Bahá'í calendar37–38
Balinese saka calendar1802–1803
Bengali calendar1288
Berber calendar2831
British Regnal year44 Vict. 1 – 45 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2425
Burmese calendar1243
Byzantine calendar7389–7390
Chinese calendar庚辰(Metal Dragon)
4577 or 4517
    — to —
辛巳年 (Metal Snake)
4578 or 4518
Coptic calendar1597–1598
Discordian calendar3047
Ethiopian calendar1873–1874
Hebrew calendar5641–5642
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1937–1938
 - Shaka Samvat1802–1803
 - Kali Yuga4981–4982
Holocene calendar11881
Igbo calendar881–882
Iranian calendar1259–1260
Islamic calendar1298–1299
Japanese calendarMeiji 14
(明治14年)
Javanese calendar1809–1811
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4214
Minguo calendar31 before ROC
民前31年
Nanakshahi calendar413
Thai solar calendar2423–2424
Tibetan calendar阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
2007 or 1626 or 854
    — to —
阴金蛇年
(female Iron-Snake)
2008 or 1627 or 855

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