Historical Events In 1880

Jan 01   Building of Panama Canal, begins   

Jan 01   Edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt).   

Jan 02   Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer   

Jan 04   Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies.   

Jan 05   Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer   

Jan 06   Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm.   

Jan 06   Record snow cover in Seattle-120cm.   

Jan 06   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.   

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

Jan 10   Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause).   

Jan 11   Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer   

Jan 17   Mack Sennett, American director is born   

Jan 17   Mack Sennett, movie creator (Keystone Kops).   

Jan 18   Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis)   

Jan 21   1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis.   

Jan 21   Jeffree and Pendray install Victoria's*(British Columbia) inaugural business telephones; W. J. Jeffree's Clothing store, W. I. Pendray's Soap Factory   

Jan 21   The inaugural US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis TN.   

Jan 24   Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar).   

Jan 25   Francis George Scott, composer.   

Jan 26   Douglas MacArthur, American wartime general is born.   

Jan 26   Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock Ark, general (WW II), he did return!.   

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

Jan 27   Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp   

Jan 28   Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before and after WW I).   

Jan 29   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 and O used a car ferry. An ice railway was laid each winter until 1883   

Feb 01   Antonio Guarnieri, composer   

Feb 01   The inaugural edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published.   

Feb 02   SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton   

Feb 02   SS Strathleven arrives in London with inaugural Australian frozen mutton.   

Feb 03   Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42)   

Feb 04   Steele MacKay's "Hazel Kirke," premieres in NYC.   

Feb 08   Franz Marc, German painter (Blaue Reiter).   

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Jan 01   Edie martin: London england, actress (titfield thunderbolt)   

Jan 01   Shalom asch: Poland, yiddish writer (motke ganev)   

Jan 02   Louis breguet: French aviation pioneer   

Jan 05   Nicolai karlovich medtner: Composer   

Jan 06   Tom mix: Mix run pa, silent screen cowboy actor (dick turpin)   

Jan 06   Yuliya lazarevna veysberg: Composer   

Jan 06   Tom mix: American actor   

Jan 10   Eduard m meijers: Dutch lawyer (short cause)   

Jan 04   Anselm feuerbach: German painter,    

Jan 08   [joshua] norton i: Emperor of us/protector of mexico,    

Jan 27   Edward middleton barry: English architect (b. 1830)   

Feb 29   Sir james wilson: Premier of tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 february)   

Mar 02   Sir john macneill: Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)   

Mar 15   Jan k j de jonge: Dutch historian,   

Mar 23   Gustav adolf mankell: Composer,   

Mar 25   Joseph rummel: Composer,