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   In the year 1880 otto Vrieslander, composer   

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 in the year 1880.   

Jul 21   In the year 1880 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   On this day in history the first commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich   

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

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   On this day in history donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana)   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 11   In the year 1880 frederick Jerome Work, composer   

Aug 12   On this day in history christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908)   

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   On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral completed   

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   Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1880.   

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

Aug 29   On this day in history marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117   

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

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   On this day in history commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval   

Sep 06   Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess) in the year 1880.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt)   

Jan 01   Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev) was born in the year 1880.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer   

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   In the year 1880 birth of eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

Jan 04   On this day in history anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies   

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   Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February) died in the year 1880.   

Mar 02   On this day in history death of sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)   

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 on this day in history.   

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