Southern Russia begin. April 21 – The University of Connecticut is founded as the Storrs Agricultural School. April 25 – Caulfield Grammar School is founded in Melbourne, Australia. April 28 – Billy the Kid escapes from his 2 jailers at the Lincoln County Jail in Mesilla, New Mexico, killing James Bell and Robert Ollinger, before stealing a horse and riding out of town. May 12 – In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate by the Treaty of Bardo. May 13 – The Pacific island of Rotuma cedes to Great Britain, becoming a dependency of the Colony of Fiji. May 16 – The world's first regular electric tram service is started in Berlin, by Siemens & Halske. May 21 The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton. The United States Tennis Association is established by a small group of tennis club members; the first U.S. Tennis Championships are played this year. May 22 (May 10 Old Style) – Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is crowned King of Romania. June 12 – The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack. June 18 – The League of the Three Emperors is resurrected. June 20 – The current Cincinnati Reds baseball team plays its first game. June 26 – War of the Pacific – Battle of Sangrar: Peruvian and Chilean forces battle to a draw. July–September July 1 – General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell–Childers reforms of the British Army's organization, comes into effect. July 2 – Assassination of James A. Garfield: United States President James A. Garfield is shot by lawyer Charles J. Guiteau in Washington, D.C. The wound becomes infected, killing Garfield on September 19. July 4 – Tuskegee Institute opens in Alabama. July 7 – The first episode of Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio is published in Italy. July 14–20 – The International Anarchist Congress is held in London; delegates include Marie Le Compte, Peter Kropotkin, Errico Malatesta, Saverio Merlino, Louise Michel, Nicholas Tchaikovsky and Émile Gautier. July 14 – Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett, outside Fort Sumner, New Mexico. July 20 – American Indian Wars: Sioux chief Sitting Bull leads the last of his people in surrender to United States troops at Fort Buford in Montana. July 23 – The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires. August 3 – The Pretoria