Page 8: Historical Events In 1880

Dec 08   5000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa   

Dec 12   Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83   

Dec 15   Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76   

Dec 16   Republic of South-Africa forms.   

Dec 19   Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer   

Dec 20   Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten.   

Dec 20   New York's Broadway lit by electricity, is recorded as becoming known as "Great White Way".   

Dec 22   George Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday.   

Dec 27   Alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75.   

Dec 28   Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet   

Dec 29   Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer   

Dec 30   Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein.   

Dec 31   George C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953)   

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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,