Historical Events In 1880

Jan 01   Building of Panama Canal, begins in the year 1880.   

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies   

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

Jan 06   Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1880 record snow cover in Seattle-120cm   

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

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

Jan 09   6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer in the year 1880.   

Jan 17   Mack Sennett, movie creator (Keystone Kops) in the year 1880.   

Jan 17   The birth of Mack Sennett, American director on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1880 paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis)   

Jan 21   1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis in the year 1880.   

Jan 21   Jeffree & Pendray install Victoria's*(British Columbia) first business telephones; W. J. Jeffree's Clothing store, W. I. Pendray's Soap Factory in the year 1880.   

Jan 21   The first US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis TN on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar) in the year 1880.   

Jan 25   On this day in history francis George Scott, composer   

Jan 26   In the year 1880 douglas MacArthur, Little Rock Ark, general (WW II), he did return!   

Jan 26   On this day in history the birth of Douglas MacArthur, American wartime general   

Jan 27   Thomas A. Edison receives a U.S. patent for the electric incandescent light bulb on this day in history.   

Jan 27   Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp in the year 1880.   

Jan 28   Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before & after WW I) in the year 1880.   

Jan 29   W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], Phila, actor (Bank Dick) in the year 1880.   

Jan 31   An Ice Railway is opened between Longueuil and Montreal by the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway. A railway track was placed on large timbers laid on the ice of the St. Lawrence River. During the summer months the QMO&O used a car ferry. An ice railway was laid each winter until 1883 in the year 1880.   

Feb 01   Antonio Guarnieri, composer in the year 1880.   

Feb 01   In the year 1880 the first edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published.   

Feb 02   On this day in history sS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton   

Feb 02   SS Strathleven arrives in London with first Australian frozen mutton on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42) on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1880 steele MacKay's "Hazel Kirke," premieres in NYC   

Feb 08   In the year 1880 franz Marc, German painter (Blaue Reiter)   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1880 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   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   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   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   On this day in history death of edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)   

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

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