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

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

Jan 06   Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) in the year 1880.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1880 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days   

Jan 10   In the year 1880 eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

Jan 11   Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer on this day in history.   

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   Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis) in the year 1880.   

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

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   In the year 1880 the first US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis TN   

Jan 24   On this day in history elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)   

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 in the year 1880.   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before & after WW I)   

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

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   Antonio Guarnieri, composer in the year 1880.   

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

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

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

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   In the year 1880 birth of shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)   

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   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   Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause) was born in the year 1880.   

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   In the year 1880 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 in the year 1880.   

Mar 23   Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Mar 25   On this day in history joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61