Page 5: 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   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   Anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 23   On this day in history the first commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich   

Jul 24   Ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer (MacBeth) in the year 1880.   

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   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   Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden) in the year 1880.   

Aug 07   Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Clarence Cameron White, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 11   In the year 1880 frederick Jerome Work, composer   

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

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   Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed in the year 1880.   

Aug 14   In the year 1880 construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248)   

Aug 17   On this day in history leo Ascher, composer   

Aug 17   Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1880.   

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   Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer/conductor (...smaller guard) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   On this day in history guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)   

Aug 29   In the year 1880 marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117   

Aug 31   In the year 1880 wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948)   

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

Sep 04   On this day in history leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo)   

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

Sep 06   On this day in history jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess)   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1880 birth of shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)   

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

Jan 05   Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

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   [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 in the year 1880.   

Jan 27   Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830) died on this day in history.   

Feb 29   In the year 1880 death of sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February)   

Mar 02   In the year 1880 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