Historical Events In 1880

Oct 15   Koln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun on this day in history.  

Oct 15   K”ln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64  

Oct 20   In the year 1880 amsterdam Free University opens  

Oct 22   On this day in history joe Carr, Ohio, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39)  

Oct 23   Una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress (David Copperfield) in the year 1880.  

Oct 27   On this day in history theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday  

Oct 27   In the year 1880 theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday  

Oct 30   Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal) on this day in history.  

Nov 01   On this day in history alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist (continental shift)  

Nov 02   James A Garfield (R) elected President on this day in history.  

Nov 02   John Foulds, composer in the year 1880.  

Nov 03   Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908) in the year 1880.  

Nov 07   On this day in history carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72  

Nov 08   Jacob Edvard Gille, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1880.  

Nov 08   On this day in history sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made US debut at NY's Booth Theater  

Nov 09   On this day in history rudolph Karel, composer  

Nov 10   In the year 1880 aart A van Schelven, Dutch church historian (Willem of Orange)  

Nov 11   On this day in history australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.  

Nov 11   Lucretia Mott, US quaker (1st Woman's Rights Convention), dies in the year 1880.  

Nov 12   In the year 1880 mines explosion at Stellerton Nova Scotia in the Foord Pit kills 50  

Nov 14   Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) on this day in history.  

Nov 16   In the year 1880 alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS=11/28]  

Nov 19   Bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Nov 21   Franz Hessel, writer in the year 1880.  

Nov 21   Henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo on this day in history.  

Nov 24   On this day in history hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73  

Nov 24   In the year 1880 southern University established  

Nov 24   In the year 1880 southern University forms  

Nov 25   Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf in the year 1880.  

Nov 26   Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Nov 28   On this day in history alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [OS=11/16]  

Dec 02   Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Dec 05   Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist/conductor on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1880.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)  

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

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

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 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 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 in the year 1880.