Historical Events In 1880

Jan 01   Building of Panama Canal, begins in the year 1880.   

Jan 01   Edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt) on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer   

Jan 06   In the year 1880 record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm   

Jan 06   In the year 1880 record snow cover in Seattle-120cm   

Jan 06   Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1880 [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60   

Jan 09   On this day in history 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days   

Jan 10   Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause) in the year 1880.   

Jan 11   Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Mack Sennett, movie creator (Keystone Kops) on this day in history.   

Jan 17   The birth of Mack Sennett, American director on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis) on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history 1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis   

Jan 21   On this day in history jeffree & Pendray install Victoria's*(British Columbia) first business telephones; W. J. Jeffree's Clothing store, W. I. Pendray's Soap Factory   

Jan 21   The first US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis TN in the year 1880.   

Jan 24   Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar) in the year 1880.   

Jan 25   On this day in history francis George Scott, composer   

Jan 26   Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock Ark, general (WW II), he did return! on this day in history.   

Jan 26   In the year 1880 the birth of Douglas MacArthur, American wartime general   

Jan 27   Thomas A. Edison receives a U.S. patent for the electric incandescent light bulb in the year 1880.   

Jan 27   Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp in the year 1880.   

Jan 28   Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before & after WW I) in the year 1880.   

Jan 29   W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], Phila, actor (Bank Dick) in the year 1880.   

Jan 31   In the year 1880 an Ice Railway is opened between Longueuil and Montreal by the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway. A railway track was placed on large timbers laid on the ice of the St. Lawrence River. During the summer months the QMO&O used a car ferry. An ice railway was laid each winter until 1883.   

Feb 01   Antonio Guarnieri, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 01   The first edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published on this day in history.   

Feb 02   SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1880 sS Strathleven arrives in London with first Australian frozen mutton   

Feb 03   Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42) in the year 1880.   

Feb 04   On this day in history steele MacKay's "Hazel Kirke," premieres in NYC   

Feb 08   Franz Marc, German painter (Blaue Reiter) in the year 1880.   

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Jan 01   Edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt) was born in the year 1880.   

Jan 01   Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1880 birth of louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer   

Jan 05   In the year 1880 birth of nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer   

Jan 06   Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940)   

Jan 10   In the year 1880 birth of eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

Jan 04   Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 08   [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830) died in the year 1880.   

Feb 29   Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February) died on this day in history.   

Mar 02   In the year 1880 death of sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)   

Mar 15   In the year 1880 jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51   

Mar 23   Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Mar 25   Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1880.