Page 5: Historical Events In 1880

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

Jul 18   On this day in history otto Vrieslander, composer   

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

Jul 20   Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer in the year 1880.   

Jul 21   Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY in the year 1880.   

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

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

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

Jul 24   In the year 1880 ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer (MacBeth)   

Jul 27   On this day in history a P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil   

Jul 27   Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out in the year 1880.   

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

Jul 30   On this day in history 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   Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) in the year 1880.   

Aug 10   Clarence Cameron White, composer on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1880 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   On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248)   

Aug 17   On this day in history leo Ascher, composer   

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

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

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

Aug 29   Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948)   

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

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 in the year 1880.   

Sep 06   Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1880 birth of nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer   

Jan 06   In the year 1880 birth of tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer   

Jan 06   In the year 1880 birth of tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940)   

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

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

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

Jan 27   In the year 1880 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   On this day in history death of sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)   

Mar 15   In the year 1880 jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51   

Mar 23   On this day in history gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 25   Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.