Page 7: Historical Events In 1880

Oct 15   K”ln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun.   

Oct 16   Edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64.   

Oct 20   Amsterdam Free University opens   

Oct 22   Joe Carr, Ohio, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39)   

Oct 23   Una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress (David Copperfield).   

Oct 27   Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

Oct 27   Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

Oct 30   Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal)   

Nov 01   Alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist (continental shift).   

Nov 02   James A Garfield (R) elected President.   

Nov 02   John Foulds, composer   

Nov 03   Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908)   

Nov 07   Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72   

Nov 08   Jacob Edvard Gille, composer, dies at 66.   

Nov 08   Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made US debut at NY's Booth Theater.   

Nov 09   Rudolph Karel, composer   

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

Nov 11   Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.   

Nov 11   Lucretia Mott, US quaker (1st Woman's Rights Convention), dies.   

Nov 12   Mines explosion at Stellerton Nova Scotia in the Foord Pit results in the deaths of 50   

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

Nov 16   Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS=11/28].   

Nov 19   Bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian, dies at 74.   

Nov 21   Franz Hessel, writer   

Nov 21   Henry Stanley and Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo   

Nov 24   Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73.   

Nov 24   Southern University established   

Nov 24   Southern University forms   

Nov 25   Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf   

Nov 26   Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer, dies at 52.   

Nov 28   Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [OS=11/16].   

Dec 02   Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65   

Dec 05   Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist/conductor.   

Dec 06   The Edmonton Bulletin, the inaugural newspaper in Edmonton and in the province of Alberta begins publication.   

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Jan 01   Edie martin: London england, actress (titfield thunderbolt)   

Jan 01   Shalom asch: Poland, yiddish writer (motke ganev)   

Jan 02   Louis breguet: French aviation pioneer   

Jan 05   Nicolai karlovich medtner: Composer   

Jan 06   Tom mix: Mix run pa, silent screen cowboy actor (dick turpin)   

Jan 06   Yuliya lazarevna veysberg: Composer   

Jan 06   Tom mix: American actor   

Jan 10   Eduard m meijers: Dutch lawyer (short cause)   

Jan 04   Anselm feuerbach: German painter,    

Jan 08   [joshua] norton i: Emperor of us/protector of mexico,    

Jan 27   Edward middleton barry: English architect (b. 1830)   

Feb 29   Sir james wilson: Premier of tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 february)   

Mar 02   Sir john macneill: Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)   

Mar 15   Jan k j de jonge: Dutch historian,   

Mar 23   Gustav adolf mankell: Composer,    

Mar 25   Joseph rummel: Composer,