Historical Events In 1880

Oct 15   Koln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun on this day in history.   

Oct 15   K”ln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1880 edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64   

Oct 20   On this day in history amsterdam Free University opens   

Oct 22   In the year 1880 joe Carr, Ohio, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39)   

Oct 23   On this day in history una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress (David Copperfield)   

Oct 27   In the year 1880 theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

Oct 27   In the year 1880 theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

Oct 30   On this day in history abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal)   

Nov 01   On this day in history alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist (continental shift)   

Nov 02   James A Garfield (R) elected President in the year 1880.   

Nov 02   John Foulds, composer in the year 1880.   

Nov 03   In the year 1880 edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908)   

Nov 07   In the year 1880 carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72   

Nov 08   Jacob Edvard Gille, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made US debut at NY's Booth Theater   

Nov 09   On this day in history rudolph Karel, composer   

Nov 10   Aart A van Schelven, Dutch church historian (Willem of Orange) in the year 1880.   

Nov 11   In the year 1880 australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.   

Nov 11   In the year 1880 lucretia Mott, US quaker (1st Woman's Rights Convention), dies   

Nov 12   Mines explosion at Stellerton Nova Scotia in the Foord Pit kills 50 on this day in history.   

Nov 14   Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) in the year 1880.   

Nov 16   Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS=11/28] on this day in history.   

Nov 19   On this day in history bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian, dies at 74   

Nov 21   Franz Hessel, writer in the year 1880.   

Nov 21   Henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo in the year 1880.   

Nov 24   Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Nov 24   On this day in history southern University established   

Nov 24   In the year 1880 southern University forms   

Nov 25   On this day in history leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf   

Nov 26   Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Nov 28   On this day in history alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [OS=11/16]   

Dec 02   Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Dec 05   Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist/conductor 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   On this day in history birth of shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)   

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

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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

Jan 04   Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1880.   

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

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 in the year 1880.   

Mar 23   Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1880.   

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