Page 5: Historical Events In 1880

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

Jul 18   Otto Vrieslander, composer in the year 1880.   

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

Jul 20   In the year 1880 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   1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich on this day in history.   

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

Jul 24   On this day in history ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer (MacBeth)   

Jul 27   A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil on this day in history.   

Jul 27   Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1880 donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana)   

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

Aug 05   Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden) in the year 1880.   

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   On this day in history frederick Jerome Work, composer   

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

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

Aug 14   In the year 1880 construction of Cologne Cathedral completed   

Aug 14   Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248) on this day in history.   

Aug 17   On this day in history leo Ascher, composer   

Aug 17   In the year 1880 ole Bull, composer, dies at 70   

Aug 21   Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD) on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 29   In the year 1880 marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117   

Aug 31   Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948) on this day in history.   

Sep 01   On this day in history antoon Jurgens, margarine maker, dies at 75   

Sep 04   Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo) in the year 1880.   

Sep 06   Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval in the year 1880.   

Sep 06   On this day in history jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess)   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer was born in the year 1880.   

Jan 06   Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1880 birth of yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1880 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   Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830) died on this day in history.   

Feb 29   Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February) died on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790) died in the year 1880.   

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

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

Mar 25   On this day in history joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61