Historical Events In 1880

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

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

Jan 02   In the year 1880 louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1880 nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history record snow cover in Seattle-120cm  

Jan 06   In the year 1880 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   On this day in history 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days  

Jan 10   Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1880 mack Sennett, movie creator (Keystone Kops)  

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   The first US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis TN in the year 1880.  

Jan 24   Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1880.  

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 in the year 1880.  

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) 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   SS Strathleven arrives in London with first Australian frozen mutton in the year 1880.  

Feb 03   Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42) in the year 1880.  

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   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   In the year 1880 birth of louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer  

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 04   Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies in the year 1880.  

Jan 08   [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 in the year 1880.  

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

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