Page 5: Historical Events In 1880

Jul 16   In the year 1880 dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.   

Jul 18   Otto Vrieslander, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 19   On this day in history sF Public Library starts lending books   

Jul 20   On this day in history hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer   

Jul 21   Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY on this day in history.   

Jul 21   On this day in history compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman   

Jul 22   In the year 1880 anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72   

Jul 23   In the year 1880 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich   

Jul 23   The first commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer (MacBeth) in the year 1880.   

Jul 27   A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil in the year 1880.   

Jul 27   On this day in history battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out   

Jul 27   Donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana) on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune) in the year 1880.   

Aug 05   On this day in history gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden)   

Aug 07   Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) in the year 1880.   

Aug 10   Clarence Cameron White, composer in the year 1880.   

Aug 11   On this day in history frederick Jerome Work, composer   

Aug 12   In the year 1880 christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908)   

Aug 14   In the year 1880 australia's first soccer club, The Wanderers, plays its first match, against Kings School, Parramatta, NSW.   

Aug 14   Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed on this day in history.   

Aug 14   In the year 1880 construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248)   

Aug 17   Leo Ascher, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 17   On this day in history ole Bull, composer, dies at 70   

Aug 21   Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD) in the year 1880.   

Aug 24   In the year 1880 miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat   

Aug 25   On this day in history robert E Stolz, Austrian composer/conductor (...smaller guard)   

Aug 26   In the year 1880 guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)   

Aug 29   Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 in the year 1880.   

Aug 31   In the year 1880 wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948)   

Sep 01   Antoon Jurgens, margarine maker, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Sep 04   In the year 1880 leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo)   

Sep 06   Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval on this day in history.   

Sep 06   In the year 1880 jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1880 birth of edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)   

Jan 02   Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer was born in the year 1880.   

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

Jan 06   Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   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 in the year 1880.   

Mar 02   Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790) died on this day in history.   

Mar 15   On this day in history jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51   

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