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 in the year 1880.  

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

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

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   Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) 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 09   6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1880 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) on this day in history.  

Jan 17   In the year 1880 the birth of Mack Sennett, American director  

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

Jan 21   On this day in history 1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis  

Jan 21   On this day in history jeffree & Pendray install Victoria's*(British Columbia) first business telephones; W. J. Jeffree's Clothing store, W. I. Pendray's Soap Factory  

Jan 21   On this day in history the first US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis TN  

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

Jan 25   Francis George Scott, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock Ark, general (WW II), he did return! on this day in history.  

Jan 26   The birth of Douglas MacArthur, American wartime general on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Thomas A. Edison receives a U.S. patent for the electric incandescent light bulb in the year 1880.  

Jan 27   Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp on this day in history.  

Jan 28   In the year 1880 herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before & after WW I)  

Jan 29   W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], Phila, actor (Bank Dick) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   On this day in history antonio Guarnieri, composer  

Feb 01   The first edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published on this day in history.  

Feb 02   In the year 1880 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   In the year 1880 arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42)  

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

Feb 08   Franz Marc, German painter (Blaue Reiter) on this day in history.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer was born in the year 1880.  

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

Jan 06   Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer was born in the year 1880.  

Jan 06   In the year 1880 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 in the year 1880.  

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

Jan 27   In the year 1880 death of edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)  

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

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 in the year 1880.  

Mar 23   In the year 1880 gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67  

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