Historical Events In 1880

Jul 16   On this day in history dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.  

Jul 18   In the year 1880 otto Vrieslander, composer  

Jul 19   In the year 1880 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   Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman on this day in history.  

Jul 22   Anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 27   In the year 1880 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   In the year 1880 robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune)  

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

Aug 07   On this day in history ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones)  

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

Aug 11   In the year 1880 frederick Jerome Work, composer  

Aug 12   Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908) on this day in history.  

Aug 14   On this day in history australia's first soccer club, The Wanderers, plays its first match, against Kings School, Parramatta, NSW.  

Aug 14   On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral completed  

Aug 14   Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248) in the year 1880.  

Aug 17   In the year 1880 leo Ascher, composer  

Aug 17   Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Aug 21   On this day in history johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD)  

Aug 24   Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat in the year 1880.  

Aug 25   Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer/conductor (...smaller guard) in the year 1880.  

Aug 26   Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1880.  

Sep 04   On this day in history 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   Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess) in the year 1880.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1880 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   In the year 1880 birth of nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)  

Jan 06   Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1880.  

Jan 08   [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jan 27   On this day in history death of edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)  

Feb 29   In the year 1880 death of sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February)  

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

Mar 15   Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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