Page 5: Historical Events In 1880

Jul 16   On this day in history dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.   

Jul 18   Otto Vrieslander, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 19   On this day in history sF Public Library starts lending books   

Jul 20   On this day in history hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer   

Jul 21   Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY on this day in history.   

Jul 21   In the year 1880 compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman   

Jul 22   In the year 1880 anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72   

Jul 23   1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich on this day in history.   

Jul 23   The first commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1880 ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer (MacBeth)   

Jul 27   A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil in the year 1880.   

Jul 27   On this day in history battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out   

Jul 27   In the year 1880 donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana)   

Jul 30   On this day in history robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune)   

Aug 05   On this day in history gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden)   

Aug 07   In the year 1880 ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones)   

Aug 10   In the year 1880 clarence Cameron White, composer   

Aug 11   Frederick Jerome Work, composer in the year 1880.   

Aug 12   Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908) on this day in history.   

Aug 14   On this day in history australia's first soccer club, The Wanderers, plays its first match, against Kings School, Parramatta, NSW.   

Aug 14   Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed in the year 1880.   

Aug 14   Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248) on this day in history.   

Aug 17   On this day in history leo Ascher, composer   

Aug 17   In the year 1880 ole Bull, composer, dies at 70   

Aug 21   Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD) in the year 1880.   

Aug 24   In the year 1880 miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat   

Aug 25   In the year 1880 robert E Stolz, Austrian composer/conductor (...smaller guard)   

Aug 26   In the year 1880 guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)   

Aug 29   Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948) on this day in history.   

Sep 01   In the year 1880 antoon Jurgens, margarine maker, dies at 75   

Sep 04   Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   In the year 1880 commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval   

Sep 06   Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess) in the year 1880.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1880 birth of edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt)   

Jan 01   Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev) was born in the year 1880.   

Jan 02   Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer was born in the year 1880.   

Jan 05   Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer was born in the year 1880.   

Jan 06   Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) was born in the year 1880.   

Jan 06   Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer was born in the year 1880.   

Jan 06   Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940) was born in the year 1880.   

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

Jan 04   Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies in the year 1880.   

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

Jan 27   On this day in history death of edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)   

Feb 29   Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February) died in the year 1880.   

Mar 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.