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   Edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Oct 20   In the year 1880 amsterdam Free University opens  

Oct 22   Joe Carr, Ohio, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39) in the year 1880.  

Oct 23   In the year 1880 una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress (David Copperfield)  

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

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

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

Nov 01   Alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist (continental shift) on this day in history.  

Nov 02   James A Garfield (R) elected President in the year 1880.  

Nov 02   John Foulds, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908) on this day in history.  

Nov 07   Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Jacob Edvard Gille, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Nov 08   In the year 1880 sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made US debut at NY's Booth Theater  

Nov 09   Rudolph Karel, composer in the year 1880.  

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   On this day in history lucretia Mott, US quaker (1st Woman's Rights Convention), dies  

Nov 12   Mines explosion at Stellerton Nova Scotia in the Foord Pit kills 50 on this day in history.  

Nov 14   In the year 1880 eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)  

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

Nov 19   In the year 1880 bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian, dies at 74  

Nov 21   Franz Hessel, writer on this day in history.  

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   Southern University forms on this day in history.  

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

Nov 26   In the year 1880 guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer, dies at 52  

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

Dec 02   Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1880.  

Dec 05   In the year 1880 alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist/conductor  

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history birth of tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940)  

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   [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   In the year 1880 death of sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)  

Mar 15   On this day in history jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51  

Mar 23   Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1880.  

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