1880 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1880?
- January 1, 1880 – Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
- January 9, 1880 – The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
- February 13, 1880 – Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.
- April 18, 1880 – An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
- May 11, 1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
- May 13, 1880 – In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
- June 7, 1880 – War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
- June 24, 1880 – First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
- June 28, 1880 – The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
- June 29, 1880 – France annexes Tahiti.
- July 16, 1880 – Emily Stowe becomes the first female physician licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
- July 27, 1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
- August 14, 1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
- September 16, 1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation’s oldest, continuously-independent college daily in the United States.
- October 1, 1880 – John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
- October 15, 1880 – Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
- November 11, 1880 – Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
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