Historical Events In 1880

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

Jul 18   On this day in history otto Vrieslander, composer   

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

Jul 20   Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY in the year 1880.   

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   In the year 1880 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich   

Jul 23   The first commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich in the year 1880.   

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

Jul 27   In the year 1880 a P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil   

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

Jul 27   On this day in history donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana)   

Jul 30   In the year 1880 robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune)   

Aug 05   In the year 1880 gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden)   

Aug 07   Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) in the year 1880.   

Aug 10   Clarence Cameron White, composer in the year 1880.   

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

Aug 12   On this day in history christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908)   

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

Aug 14   In the year 1880 construction of Cologne Cathedral completed   

Aug 14   On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248)   

Aug 17   In the year 1880 leo Ascher, composer   

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

Aug 21   On this day in history johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD)   

Aug 24   Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on this day in history.   

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

Aug 26   Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola) in the year 1880.   

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   Antoon Jurgens, margarine maker, dies at 75 in the year 1880.   

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

Sep 06   On this day in history commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval   

Sep 06   In the year 1880 jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess)   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)   

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)   

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 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 on this day in history.   

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   Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 in the year 1880.   

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

Mar 25   In the year 1880 joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61