Page 8: Historical Events In 1880

Dec 06   The Edmonton Bulletin, the first newspaper in Edmonton and in the province of Alberta begins publication on this day in history.   

Dec 08   5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa on this day in history.   

Dec 12   Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76 in the year 1880.   

Dec 16   Republic of South-Africa forms in the year 1880.   

Dec 19   On this day in history nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer   

Dec 20   On this day in history battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten   

Dec 20   On this day in history new York's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"   

Dec 22   George Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday on this day in history.   

Dec 27   Alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1880.   

Dec 28   On this day in history christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet   

Dec 29   Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 30   Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein in the year 1880.   

Dec 31   George C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953) 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   On this day in history birth of shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1880 birth of tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)   

Jan 06   In the year 1880 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   In the year 1880 anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies   

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

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

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

Mar 02   Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790) died in the year 1880.   

Mar 15   Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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.