Page 5: Historical Events In 1880
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Jul 18 Otto Vrieslander, composer 


Jul 19 In this year, SF Public Library starts lending books. 


Jul 20 Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer 


Jul 21 Compressed air accident results in the deaths of 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman 


Jul 21 Compressed air accident results in the deaths of 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY. 


Jul 22 Anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72. 


Jul 23 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich. 


Jul 23 The inaugural commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich 


Jul 24 Ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer (MacBeth) 


Jul 27 A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil 


Jul 27 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out. 


Jul 27 Donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana). 


Jul 30 Robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune). 


Aug 05 Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden). 


Aug 07 Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) 


Aug 10 Clarence Cameron White, composer 


Aug 11 Frederick Jerome Work, composer. 


Aug 12 Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908). 


Aug 14 Australia's inaugural soccer club, The Wanderers, plays its inaugural match, against Kings School, Parramatta, NSW. 


Aug 14 Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248). 


Aug 14 Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed. 


Aug 17 Leo Ascher, composer 


Aug 17 Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 


Aug 21 Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD) 


Aug 24 Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat. 


Aug 25 Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer/conductor (...smaller guard). 


Aug 26 Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola) 


Aug 29 Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 


Aug 31 Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948). 


Sep 01 Antoon Jurgens, margarine maker, dies at 75 


Sep 04 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo) 


Sep 06 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval 


Sep 06 Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess). 


Sep 07 Attilio Brugnoli, composer. 


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