Historical Events In 1880

Jan 01   In the year 1880 building of Panama Canal, begins  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer  

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   On this day in history record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1880 [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 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) on this day in history.  

Jan 17   The birth of Mack Sennett, American director in the year 1880.  

Jan 18   Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis) on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1880 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   In the year 1880 elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)  

Jan 25   In the year 1880 francis George Scott, composer  

Jan 26   Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock Ark, general (WW II), he did return! in the year 1880.  

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 02   In the year 1880 sS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton  

Feb 02   In the year 1880 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) in the year 1880.  

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Jan 01   Edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt) was born in the year 1880.  

Jan 01   Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev) was born in the year 1880.  

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   Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1880 birth of yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer  

Jan 06   Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940) was born in the year 1880.  

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

Mar 02   In the year 1880 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   Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1880.  

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