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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>January</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_27/sCpAVlra">January 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Edison/IeDbdyP4">Thomas Edison</a> is granted a patent for the <a href="/facts/Incandescent_light_bulb/31frjg0A">incandescent light bulb</a>. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> Although the patent described several ways of creating the carbon filament ,including using "cotton and linen thread, wood splints, papers coiled in various ways,"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Edison and his team later discovered that a carbonized <a href="/facts/Bamboo/wGPJ2cEA">bamboo</a> filament could last more than 1200 hours.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January/ucnblJ9m">January</a> <ul><li>The international <a href="/facts/White_slave_trade_affair/47slBAy4">White slave trade affair</a> scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Gokstad_ship/qQAo5hx4">Gokstad ship</a> is found in Norway, the first <a href="/facts/Viking_ship/5vK9FqWm">Viking ship</a> burial to be excavated.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul></li></ul> <h3>February</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_2/SWNobvWW">February 2</a> <ul><li>The first electric <a href="/facts/Streetlight/Uuw2oH1y">streetlight</a> is installed in <a href="/facts/Wabash%2c_Indiana/v5GEosGX">Wabash, Indiana</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>The first successful shipment of frozen <a href="/facts/Mutton/IqmfKI1j">mutton</a> from Australia arrives in London, aboard the SS <i>Strathleven</i>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_4/6MnFnWYE">February 4</a> – The <a href="/facts/Black_Donnellys/KNI8F9PQ">Black Donnelly Massacre</a> takes the lives of five members of one family in <a href="/facts/Middlesex_County%2c_Ontario/qm26DqYN">Biddulph Township</a>, <a href="/facts/Middlesex_County%2c_Ontario/qm26DqYN">Middlesex County, Ontario</a>, Canada.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_24/Bw3LGK6c">February 24</a> – The <a href="/facts/SS_Columbia_(1880)/bkh2jIwt">SS <i>Columbia</i></a>, which will be the first outside usage of <a href="/facts/Thomas_Edison/IeDbdyP4">Thomas Edison</a>'s <a href="/facts/Incandescent_light_bulb/31frjg0A">incandescent light bulb</a>, is launched at the <a href="/facts/Delaware_River_Iron_Ship_Building_and_Engine_Works/lTSwFwTY">Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works</a> of <a href="/facts/John_Roach_%2526_Sons/thRnzYq5">John Roach & Sons</a> in <a href="/facts/Chester%2c_Pennsylvania/f2126qKy">Chester, Pennsylvania</a>.</li></ul> <h3>March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_4/BsxaJumF">March 4</a> – The Belgian ship <i><a href="/facts/List_of_shipwrecks_in_March_1880/nNwhGWPE">Mercator</a></i> founders off the coast of the Netherlands port of <a href="/facts/Vlissingen/UgSFqeVp">Vlissingen</a> with the loss of her entire crew of more than 60 people.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_19/dnyjjGjF">March 19</a> – The horse Empress and its jockey, Tommy Beasley, win the <a href="/facts/1880_Grand_National/Pp6tcVTp">1880 Grand National</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_20/SRICqcXd">March 20</a> – For the first and last time in its history, the annual <a href="/facts/The_Boat_Race/ljJ96kat">side-by-side</a>] rowing race between the 8-member teams of <a href="/facts/University_of_Oxford/ExVVQL6V">University of Oxford</a> and the <a href="/facts/University_of_Cambridge/0la7aX9o">University of Cambridge</a> on the <a href="/facts/River_Thames/XnQWN52L">River Thames</a> is postponed. The call comes because of a thick fog that makes visibility impossible. Two days later, Oxford wins the race by 3+3⁄4 lengths.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>April</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_18/5xfe2buq">April 18</a> – <a href="/facts/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election/TAmYXqzC">1880 United Kingdom general election</a>: <a href="/facts/William_Ewart_Gladstone/0UT80hav">William Ewart Gladstone</a> defeats <a href="/facts/Benjamin_Disraeli/86v3Qocw">Benjamin Disraeli</a>, to become <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom/Uf40UlBb">Prime Minister</a> for the second time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_19/7VAgzapI">April 19</a> – The <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Sweden/cELLLCUv">Prime Minister of Sweden</a>, <a href="/facts/Louis_Gerhard_De_Geer/X4Um3TwE">Louis De Geer</a>, resigns over the defeat of a defense reform bill in the country's <a href="/facts/Riksdag/uarwUozH">Riksdag</a>; he is succeeded by Count <a href="/facts/Arvid_Posse/4s6PILAg">Arvid Posse</a> (1880–1883).</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_27/utqE8bxC">April 27</a> – The <a href="/facts/Royal_University_of_Ireland/B0ayqX0Y">Royal University of Ireland</a> is founded by charter, allowing the <a href="/facts/Catholic_University_of_Ireland/8EvkYBD8">Catholic University of Ireland</a> to re-form as <a href="/facts/University_College_Dublin/RN0ffSeS">University College Dublin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April/DXqJIRbC">April</a> – The government of <a href="/facts/Cape_Colony/Pcov4AhT">Cape Colony</a> sets a deadline for the Basuto people to surrender their weapons; non-compliance leads to the <a href="/facts/Basuto_Gun_War/zVLryHoo">Basuto Gun War</a>.</li></ul> <h3>May</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_2/Jkr8fs6q">May 2</a> – After having her lights installed by Edison's personnel, the <a href="/facts/SS_Columbia_(1880)/bkh2jIwt">SS <i>Columbia</i></a> is lit up for the first time at the foot of <a href="/facts/Wall_Street/Xt5SxcCN">Wall Street</a>, in New York City.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_13/Y1dcKLuz">May 13</a> – In <a href="/facts/Menlo_Park%2c_New_Jersey/w5yBJHCG">Menlo Park, New Jersey</a>, <a href="/facts/Thomas_Edison/IeDbdyP4">Thomas Edison</a> performs the first test of his <a href="/facts/Electric_railway/WksMTQ4u">electric railway</a>.</li></ul> <h3>June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/June_1/lazqCtU0">June 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Tinius_Olsen/xc8yqsaM">Tinius Olsen</a> is awarded a United States Patent, for the Little Giant Testing Machine.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_28/r7YMdmGk">June 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australian</a> police capture bank robber <a href="/facts/Ned_Kelly/PcJElGcr">Ned Kelly</a>, after a gun battle at <a href="/facts/Glenrowan%2c_Victoria/6ljVkdSK">Glenrowan, Victoria</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_29/3QLmKXqL">June 29</a> – France annexes <a href="/facts/Tahiti/uymjlbIb">Tahiti</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June/ylBTBDI7">June</a> – The <a href="/facts/SS_Columbia_(1880)/bkh2jIwt">SS <i>Columbia</i></a> sets off on her maiden voyage around <a href="/facts/Cape_Horn/pQweprXb">Cape Horn</a> to <a href="/facts/Portland%2c_Oregon/wwBx1Hrv">Portland, Oregon</a>, carrying 13 locomotives and 200 railcars.</li></ul> <h3>July</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_14/8aa0mIXE">July 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Dorchester_Penitentiary/kbH8b7NA">Dorchester Penitentiary</a> opens in Canada.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_22/ELjSgYau">July 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Abdur_Rahman_Khan/ngEPm4sU">Abdur Rahman Khan</a> becomes <a href="/facts/Emir_of_Afghanistan/7zFghyRQ">Emir of Afghanistan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_27/28SQ7d9b">July 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War/SDHVBzKm">Second Anglo-Afghan War</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Maiwand/2anDlnXy">Battle of Maiwand</a>: Afghan troops under Ayub Khan defeat British and Indian forces, under <a href="/facts/George_Burrows_(Indian_Army_officer)/YhFRW82Y">Brigadier General George Burrows</a>.</li> <li>July – <a href="/facts/John_Venn/J11PKYV9">John Venn</a> popularises <a href="/facts/Venn_diagram/Vkh8fVtD">Venn diagrams</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>August</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/August_14/9uA40VzY">August 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Cologne_Cathedral/uBjfSxgj">Cologne Cathedral</a> is completed, after construction began in <a href="/facts/1248/SxFHyfFh">1248</a>, 632 years earlier.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_24/mVIkGKN1">August 24</a> – The <a href="/facts/SS_Columbia_(1880)/bkh2jIwt">SS <i>Columbia</i></a> completes her maiden voyage, arriving without incident in <a href="/facts/Portland%2c_Oregon/wwBx1Hrv">Portland, Oregon</a>, after a stopover in <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_26/7FX0ghhn">August 26</a> – Competing circus owners <a href="/facts/P._T._Barnum/NFnlvS8o">P. T. Barnum</a> and <a href="/facts/James_Anthony_Bailey/yDEzC0CT">James A. Bailey</a> sign a contract in <a href="/facts/Bridgeport%2c_Connecticut/aTxnYm62">Bridgeport, Connecticut</a>, to create the <a href="/facts/Barnum_%2526_Bailey_Circus/3F0R2e28">Barnum & Bailey Circus</a>. In 1907, the circus will merge forces with another competitor, the <a href="/facts/Ringling_Brothers_Circus/PYwRa6jt">Ringling Brothers Circus</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/September_1/Masvqhar">September 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War/SDHVBzKm">Second Anglo-Afghan War</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Kandahar_(1880)/EMxzS6IS">Battle of Kandahar</a>: <a href="/facts/Frederick_Roberts%2c_1st_Earl_Roberts/qUUMe0Rj">General Frederick Roberts</a>, commanding British forces, defeats the Afghan troops of <a href="/facts/Mohammad_Ayub_Khan_(Emir_of_Afghanistan)/Y449Q4IM">Mohammad Ayub Khan</a>, bringing an end to the war.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>October</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_1/1S5rC5p7">October 1</a> – <a href="/facts/German_Empire/lwQutJyN">German</a> company <i><a href="/facts/Munich_Re/VwHEjWKp">Munich Re</a></i> is founded in <a href="/facts/Munich/Pr6zw2ev">Munich</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_6/kEsfCLXn">October 6</a> – The <a href="/facts/University_of_Southern_California/N0v9R5gs">University of Southern California</a> opens its doors to 53 students and 10 faculty.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> <ul><li>A <a href="/facts/Blizzard/vSKo2dp8">blizzard</a> marks the start of the <a href="/facts/Hard_Winter_of_1880-81/RpfFsCod">Hard Winter</a> in North America.</li> <li>Mexican soldiers kill <a href="/facts/Victorio/bE0Wwz6a">Victorio</a>, one of the greatest <a href="/facts/Apache_Tribe/lLKsj4HL">Apache</a> military strategists.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_28/030z6rqj">October 28</a> – The first stone is laid for the <a href="/facts/Clarkson_Memorial/EyVtEAjr">Clarkson Memorial</a> in <a href="/facts/Wisbech/od5E4Mjm">Wisbech</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>.</li></ul> <h3>November</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_2/oFnkNkjx">November 2</a> – <a href="/facts/1880_United_States_presidential_election/1d0N8l1H">1880 United States presidential election</a>: <a href="/facts/James_Garfield/eIAbHGWw">James Garfield</a> defeats <a href="/facts/Winfield_S._Hancock/6HmHTWY0">Winfield S. Hancock</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_4/c1quLHEN">November 4</a> – The first <a href="/facts/Cash_register/GsBX9b8V">cash register</a> is patented by <a href="/facts/James_Ritty/4Nd6fNX2">James</a> and John Ritty of <a href="/facts/Dayton%2c_Ohio/U8kg5Tf1">Dayton, Ohio</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_9/J2s2qE00">November 9</a> – A <a href="/facts/1880_Zagreb_earthquake/tqsMnc7R">major earthquake</a> strikes <a href="/facts/Zagreb/KPf8bzLI">Zagreb</a> and destroys many buildings, including <a href="/facts/Zagreb_Cathedral/GpIauhzK">Zagreb Cathedral</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_11/wUfLGUtc">November 11</a> – Australian bushranger and bank robber <a href="/facts/Ned_Kelly/PcJElGcr">Ned Kelly</a> is hanged in <a href="/facts/Melbourne/EHY9YxI0">Melbourne</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_22/I2Yrha0Y">November 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Vaudeville/b8AD7Rg0">Vaudeville</a> actress <a href="/facts/Lillian_Russell/Q1amADAX">Lillian Russell</a> makes her debut at <a href="/facts/Tony_Pastor/VE5pSAr3">Tony Pastor</a>'s Theatre, in New York City.</li></ul> <h3>December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/December_1/2AJh8lYG">December 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Manuel_Gonz%25C3%25A1lez_Flores/wjDLHyzj">Manuel González Flores</a> becomes the 31st <a href="/facts/President_of_Mexico/WKeRteSb">President of Mexico</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_20/swF1aEQn">December 20</a> – <a href="/facts/First_Boer_War/2yl2brkp">First Boer War</a>: The <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Bronkhorstspruit/B1lVmMlq">Battle of Bronkhorstspruit</a> results in a Boer victory over the British.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_30/czU1eCdo">December 30</a> – The <a href="/facts/South_African_Republic/l5gWMsDw">Transvaal</a> becomes a republic, and <a href="/facts/Paul_Kruger/5ntyhEjs">Paul Kruger</a> becomes its first president.</li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Pierre_Savorgnan_de_Brazza/E3Yrzep2">Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza</a> signs a treaty of protection with the chief of the large <a href="/facts/Teke_people/xNtGKYMV">Teke</a> tribe, and begins to establish a French <a href="/facts/Protectorate/TEBGopb9">protectorate</a> on the north bank of the <a href="/facts/Congo_River/VmRMnn8k">Congo River</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Piezoelectricity/65k6BDqx">Piezoelectricity</a> is discovered by <a href="/facts/Pierre_Curie/Sbtlw2xj">Pierre Curie</a> and <a href="/facts/Jacques_Curie/cgHqTcPl">Jacques Curie</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Capuchin_catacombs_of_Palermo/lGD5I35V">Capuchin catacombs of Palermo</a> are officially closed (there will be some burials afterwards).</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Department_of_Scientific_Temperance_Instruction/z8DySRXu">The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction</a>, of the <a href="/facts/Woman%2527s_Christian_Temperance_Union/tpm2QmXV">Woman's Christian Temperance Union</a>, is established in the United States.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <h3>January–February</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_1/SI1VAKRT">January 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Vajiravudh/1x2jC9y0">Vajiravudh</a>, Rama VI, King of Siam (d. <a href="/facts/1925/FKVmYRam">1925</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_2/awKrLGc0">January 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis_Charles_Breguet/25VFpzrp">Louis Charles Breguet</a>, French aircraft designer, builder and aviation pioneer (d. <a href="/facts/1955/UeUsbRq8">1955</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_3/fwnGfegG">January 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Francis_Browne/m0lIs9hb">Francis Browne</a>, Irish Jesuit priest, famous for his last photos of the <a href="/facts/Titanic/loD4esxz">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a> (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_6/HkWYfxYS">January 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Tom_Mix/82RmrCgY">Tom Mix</a>, American Western film actor (d. <a href="/facts/1940/AMQgqkYN">1940</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_10/9GMS7Pz5">January 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Manuel_Aza%25C3%25B1a/WemGIe9j">Manuel Azaña</a>, 2nd President of the Spanish Second Republic, 55th Prime Minister of Spain (d. <a href="/facts/1940/AMQgqkYN">1940</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grock/6xDvjJ4H">Grock</a> (Charles Adrien Wettach), Swiss-born clown (d. <a href="/facts/1959/3NCLPH6G">1959</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_11/QC9kQSe0">January 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Rudolph_Palm/FxFzBWwP">Rudolph Palm</a>, Curaçao-born composer (d. <a href="/facts/1950/mxu5oLbY">1950</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_17/9uBLlBms">January 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Mack_Sennett/u2VJTbAu">Mack Sennett</a>, Canadian-born comedy film director, producer (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_18/3SBX5CoM">January 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Ehrenfest/Q3Q7hXeJ">Paul Ehrenfest</a>, Austrian-Dutch physicist (d. <a href="/facts/1933/2LFFswPa">1933</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_19/hsIjnw1V">January 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Henryk_Minkiewicz/WptmFH9D">Henryk Minkiewicz</a>, Polish general and politician (d. <a href="/facts/1940/AMQgqkYN">1940</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_26/BJQH5rxN">January 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Douglas_MacArthur/roDnxxbj">Douglas MacArthur</a>, American general (d. <a href="/facts/1964/3juQ3GsC">1964</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_29/BcCrtMkk">January 29</a> – <a href="/facts/W._C._Fields/zdTsXdz2">W. C. Fields</a>, American actor, comedian (d. <a href="/facts/1946/BnTf4qUs">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_5/qvfM8JAn">February 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Gabriel_Voisin/GAJdPVcv">Gabriel Voisin</a>, French aviation pioneer (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_8/YDx5fjny">February 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Franz_Marc/osKPatmx">Franz Marc</a>, German artist (d. <a href="/facts/1916/Vfq2LjJ1">1916</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_12/ddd56jhx">February 12</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Preca/urWJAAdz">George Preca</a>, Maltese saint (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_14/CpNgqcq1">February 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Frederick_J._Horne/oPqtIbdC">Frederick J. Horne</a>, American four-star admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1959/3NCLPH6G">1959</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_19/psh1WWTJ">February 19</a> – <a href="/facts/%25C3%2581lvaro_Obreg%25C3%25B3n/ToArrllz">Álvaro Obregón</a>, 39th <a href="/facts/President_of_Mexico/WKeRteSb">President of Mexico</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1928/GY8IzJk3">1928</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_21/RsJKSKWh">February 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Waldemar_Bonsels/Dtqqswo0">Waldemar Bonsels</a>, German writer (d. <a href="/facts/1952/LYQM5Bu0">1952</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_22/hmqWo2Jy">February 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eric_Lemming/nqcbSJVl">Eric Lemming</a>, Swedish athlete (d. 1930)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frigyes_Riesz/EN47QveQ">Frigyes Riesz</a>, Hungarian mathematician (d. <a href="/facts/1956/s8lywmqd">1956</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_26/GGkCTbls">February 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Lionel_Logue/X98dfl40">Lionel Logue</a>, Australian speech and language therapist (d. <a href="/facts/1953/9mQVlynh">1953</a>)</li></ul> <h3>March–April</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_1/vxP4Lalf">March 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Lytton_Strachey/7RkfTSW4">Lytton Strachey</a>, English critic and biographer (d. <a href="/facts/1932/XlUMqV5p">1932</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_2/fwEowLwl">March 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Ren%25C3%25A9_Vallon/cYjULVdI">René Vallon</a>, French aviator (d. <a href="/facts/1911/f6cCDfr8">1911</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_15/PCeHmSjM">March 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Montagu_Love/vJUUHXlH">Montagu Love</a>, English actor (d. <a href="/facts/1943/3DdRsjrn">1943</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_17/KWQqx7wR">March 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Oates/bmxYj5hq">Lawrence Oates</a>, British army officer and Antarctic explorer (d. <a href="/facts/1912/6y6T0vzf">1912</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_18/d7wGqI5o">March 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Kalle_Hakala/DzkpC13y">Kalle Hakala</a>, Finnish politician (d. <a href="/facts/1947/Wy1AYbDz">1947</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_21/5h4oCUn7">March 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Broncho_Billy_Anderson/Kg8Vr0vc">Broncho Billy Anderson</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/1971/436B8JtH">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_22/fSA3uKnK">March 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Kuniaki_Koiso/PKA4Lo3N">Kuniaki Koiso</a>, <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Japan/RMknUoMt">Prime Minister of Japan</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1950/mxu5oLbY">1950</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_23/cKARFNn0">March 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Heikki_Ritavuori/gMjvTDRu">Heikki Ritavuori</a>, Finnish Minister of the Interior (d. <a href="/facts/1922/AFrJQ34X">1922</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_27/2MucWS7r">March 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Ruth_Hanna_McCormick/PWfdca1G">Ruth Hanna McCormick</a>, American politician, activist and publisher (d. <a href="/facts/1944/A6Jvm3T6">1944</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_28/4dtge7PT">March 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis_Wolheim/XQHGshCn">Louis Wolheim</a>, American character actor (d. <a href="/facts/1931/JK9FEYxa">1931</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_30/LExPaddU">March 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Se%25C3%25A1n_O%2527Casey/lxUqgFwP">Seán O'Casey</a>, Irish writer (d. <a href="/facts/1964/3juQ3GsC">1964</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_15/3XXwm4v4">April 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Max_Wertheimer/5qJmzBnf">Max Wertheimer</a>, Austrian-born psychologist, father of Gestalt Theory (d. <a href="/facts/1943/3DdRsjrn">1943</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_18/5xfe2buq">April 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Sam_Crawford/lzSujLqC">Sam Crawford</a>, American <a href="/facts/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame/S6us3Lke">Baseball Hall of Famer</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1968/KPacXbuQ">1968</a>)</li></ul> <h3>May–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_5/HTARRyUr">May 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart/LH3XcUPq">Adrian Carton de Wiart</a>, Belgian-born British general (d. <a href="/facts/1963/IAgXNXRm">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_6/blgxDDYV">May 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Edmund_Ironside%2c_1st_Baron_Ironside/vdvcLlGo">Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside</a>, British field marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1959/3NCLPH6G">1959</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ernst_Ludwig_Kirchner/C0V9nIbj">Ernst Ludwig Kirchner</a>, German painter (d. <a href="/facts/1938/auSpdqeH">1938</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Joseph_Simmons/5K5Cwloy">William Joseph Simmons</a>, American founder of the second <a href="/facts/Ku_Klux_Klan/gTyz2sld">Ku Klux Klan</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1945/w7Rc9CUl">1945</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_14/SHozc9zT">May 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/B._C._Forbes/YK15Vf6D">B. C. Forbes</a>, Scottish-born financial publisher (d. <a href="/facts/1954/qggMYsgW">1954</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilhelm_List/enh0bINB">Wilhelm List</a>, German field marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1971/436B8JtH">1971</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_21/7eCgCTWG">May 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Tudor_Arghezi/vFwc7KFh">Tudor Arghezi</a>, Romanian writer (d. <a href="/facts/1967/dmIuJ9Qy">1967</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_25/VasFejaY">May 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Alf_Common/PtMqucQt">Alf Common</a>, English footballer (d. <a href="/facts/1946/BnTf4qUs">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_29/aEkfT7p6">May 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Oswald_Spengler/RG767gfM">Oswald Spengler</a>, German philosopher (d. <a href="/facts/1936/VsNHIP3x">1936</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_6/n68FjLjI">June 6</a> – <a href="/facts/W._T._Cosgrave/x78ncbWI">W. T. Cosgrave</a>, Irish politician (d. <a href="/facts/1965/RlpYNuG1">1965</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_15/Gv1phhWL">June 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Osami_Nagano/1Ru98D1n">Osami Nagano</a>, Japanese admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1947/Wy1AYbDz">1947</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_17/1bFlHRf9">June 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Carl_Van_Vechten/HmQpm41s">Carl Van Vechten</a>, American writer and photographer (d. <a href="/facts/1964/3juQ3GsC">1964</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_24/aLzslkNw">June 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Jo%25C3%25A3o_C%25C3%25A2ndido_Felisberto/FSAs9q66">João Cândido Felisberto</a>, Brazilian sailor (d. <a href="/facts/1969/Qunmv17a">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_27/pqjuMm4M">June 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Helen_Keller/mAJroM4Q">Helen Keller</a>, American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind, writer and lecturer (d. <a href="/facts/1968/KPacXbuQ">1968</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_29/3QLmKXqL">June 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Ludwig_Beck/DQMr5op8">Ludwig Beck</a>, German general, Chief of the General Staff (d. <a href="/facts/1944/A6Jvm3T6">1944</a>)</li></ul> <h3>July–August</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_5/dYIrCBFc">July 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Jan_Kubel%25C3%25ADk/xMQpYgvt">Jan Kubelík</a>, Czech violinist (d. <a href="/facts/1940/AMQgqkYN">1940</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_12/sxuDFs66">July 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Tod_Browning/He1qQrSy">Tod Browning</a>, American motion picture director, horror film pioneer (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_15/mPfeUQQy">July 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Alessandro_Guidoni/QbC9IfJR">Alessandro Guidoni</a>, Italian air force general (d. <a href="/facts/1928/GY8IzJk3">1928</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_21/TjbcmpgH">July 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Milan_Rastislav_%25C5%25A0tef%25C3%25A1nik/HpKm3a58">Milan Rastislav Štefánik</a>, Slovak General, politician and astronomer (d. <a href="/facts/1919/5R5RKF5E">1919</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_24/lMUqGvj6">July 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Ernest_Bloch/ulqd702W">Ernest Bloch</a>, Swiss-born American composer (d. <a href="/facts/1959/3NCLPH6G">1959</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_28/IY2HE1aj">July 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Volodymyr_Vynnychenko/uB47RTrA">Volodymyr Vynnychenko</a>, 1st Prime Minister of Ukraine (d. <a href="/facts/1951/o7KS23e8">1951</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_4/nsHHjgd7">August 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Werner_von_Fritsch/JH1zj3Sg">Werner von Fritsch</a>, German general (d. <a href="/facts/1939/qMDTC2rc">1939</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_8/Sly6Gs5G">August 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Earle_Page/QeVXTpMU">Sir Earle Page</a>, 11th <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Australia/yzh0N8oH">Prime Minister of Australia</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1961/aVtANPeE">1961</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_12/0WqFFwMy">August 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Christy_Mathewson/sUXExuT5">Christy Mathewson</a>, American baseball player (d.<a href="/facts/1925/FKVmYRam">1925</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_19/xAVwH4El">August 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean_Patou/yAwuIlCK">Jean Patou</a>, French fashion designer (d. <a href="/facts/1936/VsNHIP3x">1936</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_22/h6zS4KCm">August 22</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Herriman/C9GRd31t">George Herriman</a>, American cartoonist (d. <a href="/facts/1944/A6Jvm3T6">1944</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_26/7FX0ghhn">August 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Guillaume_Apollinaire/D2VRWcnG">Guillaume Apollinaire</a>, French poet and dramatist (d. <a href="/facts/1918/eIGlxNIx">1918</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_29/sI8bjYAM">August 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Marie-Louise_Meilleur/rSbaEwoP">Marie-Louise Meilleur</a>, Canadian supercentenarian, oldest Canadian ever (d. <a href="/facts/1998/m0E92lbX">1998</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_30/MwxqAhmK">August 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Nikolai_Astrup/tQIgVjjx">Nikolai Astrup</a>, Norwegian painter (d. <a href="/facts/1928/GY8IzJk3">1928</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_31/FrIIMNR2">August 31</a> – Queen <a href="/facts/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands/vlCtErY7">Wilhelmina of the Netherlands</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li></ul> <h3>September–October</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/September_12/3qnbl2ow">September 12</a> – <a href="/facts/H._L._Mencken/lqVefBMF">H. L. Mencken</a>, American journalist (d. <a href="/facts/1956/s8lywmqd">1956</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_14/12T7sEP3">September 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Archie_Hahn_(athlete)/jVmgSkhW">Archie Hahn</a>, American athlete (d. <a href="/facts/1955/UeUsbRq8">1955</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_15/UeGjN5mu">September 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Chujiro_Hayashi/QUD45sTw">Chujiro Hayashi</a>, Japanese Reiki master (d. <a href="/facts/1940/AMQgqkYN">1940</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_16/YMWWCMmh">September 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Alfred_Noyes/AE1LLb3s">Alfred Noyes</a>, English poet (d. <a href="/facts/1958/hMBPu5oV">1958</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Clara_Ayres/RQ5a0A6a">Clara Ayres</a>, American nurse (d. <a href="/facts/1917/f4XunIGQ">1917</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_20/QLfbxI7z">September 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Ugo_Cavallero/zaVjlRpg">Ugo Cavallero</a>, Italian field marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1943/3DdRsjrn">1943</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_22/YtClwxAE">September 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Christabel_Pankhurst/CNQNJIuQ">Christabel Pankhurst</a>, English suffragette (d. <a href="/facts/1958/hMBPu5oV">1958</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_23/0VDxMSs7">September 23</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Boyd_Orr/3Uqvn0Dv">John Boyd Orr</a>, Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Peace_Prize/2wVhmLrX">Nobel Peace Prize</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1971/436B8JtH">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_24/ykTEzw6d">September 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Sarah_Knauss/FmbwI3e8">Sarah Knauss</a>, American supercentenarian, oldest American ever, last surviving person born in 1880 (d. <a href="/facts/1999/pc1BDf3P">1999</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_27/AlKebam5">September 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Pier_Ruggero_Piccio/2GQbV7KA">Pier Ruggero Piccio</a>, Italian World War I fighter ace, air force general (d. <a href="/facts/1965/RlpYNuG1">1965</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_29/xyx8ArD3">September 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Liberato_Pinto/yAAPVnQ0">Liberato Pinto</a>, 78th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. <a href="/facts/1949/25neuEUm">1949</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_2/Mx6naLFK">October 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Nicolae_M._Condiescu/u1h4DNds">Nicolae M. Condiescu</a>, Romanian novelist and general (d. <a href="/facts/1939/qMDTC2rc">1939</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_3/vvevkuTv">October 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Ganga_Singh/hwRRbuyk">Ganga Singh</a>, Maharaja of Bikaner (d. <a href="/facts/1943/3DdRsjrn">1943</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_4/eRgxIz2l">October 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Damon_Runyon/3MtlzMpX">Damon Runyon</a>, American writer (d. <a href="/facts/1946/BnTf4qUs">1946</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_7/mqqBnwWR">October 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Hausser/4gj7j6pp">Paul Hausser</a>, German general (d. <a href="/facts/1972/PDtUApJJ">1972</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_12/HLQNWqyv">October 12</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Marcel-Bruno_Gensoul/CDNP1gE4">Marcel-Bruno Gensoul</a>, French admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kullervo_Manner/4srS8aqf">Kullervo Manner</a>, Finnish <a href="/facts/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Finland/mEJMrDrs">Speaker of the Parliament</a>, the <a href="/facts/Finnish_Socialist_Workers%2527_Republic/T0suTPFQ">Prime Minister of the FSWR</a> and the Supreme Commander of the <a href="/facts/Red_Guard_(Finland)/YbEAdR2R">Red Guards</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1939/qMDTC2rc">1939</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_17/WCRlMQyF">October 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Ze%2527ev_Jabotinsky/nAXPrh1p">Ze'ev Jabotinsky</a>, Russian Zionist philosopher, intellectual (d. <a href="/facts/1940/AMQgqkYN">1940</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_23/s5BlQbcW">October 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hong_Yi/YmrnBRQt">Hong Yi</a>, born Li Shutong, Chinese Buddhist artist, art teacher (d. <a href="/facts/1942/Hv8rLssG">1942</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Una_O%2527Connor_(actress)/lVTRPybL">Una O'Connor</a>, Irish actress (d. <a href="/facts/1959/3NCLPH6G">1959</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_24/UqvFhsjm">October 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Antonina_De_Angelis/j9B7Lwy3">Antonina De Angelis</a>, Italian <a href="/facts/Roman_Catholic/rJ4F4gqH">Roman Catholic</a> religious professed and blessed (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li></ul> <h3>November–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_1/1tRfIDru">November 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Alfred_Wegener/sXu37sav">Alfred Wegener</a>, German scientist, meteorologist (d. <a href="/facts/1930/CrbUfsAD">1930</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_2/oFnkNkjx">November 2</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Foulds/KguJFLLj">John Foulds</a>, English classical music composer (d. <a href="/facts/1939/qMDTC2rc">1939</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_3/dfF9YPTm">November 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Avra_Theodoropoulou/mRftjH2R">Avra Theodoropoulou</a>, Greek suffragist (d. <a href="/facts/1963/IAgXNXRm">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_5/R6zpvmwa">November 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Oswald/bqa73xQM">Richard Oswald</a>, Austrian film director (d. <a href="/facts/1963/IAgXNXRm">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_6/NceNKCec">November 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Musil/yPvQEMy9">Robert Musil</a>, Austrian novelist (d. <a href="/facts/1942/Hv8rLssG">1942</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_9/J2s2qE00">November 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Giles_Gilbert_Scott/jEkk0Gdj">Giles Gilbert Scott</a>, British architect (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_10/uMgkqWhb">November 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Jacob_Epstein/sQ4Uj9EP">Jacob Epstein</a>, American-born sculptor (d. <a href="/facts/1959/3NCLPH6G">1959</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_12/D8NnghM3">November 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Harold_Rainsford_Stark/F0WKKRhV">Harold Rainsford Stark</a>, American admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1972/PDtUApJJ">1972</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_22/I2Yrha0Y">November 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Forbes_(Royal_Navy_officer)/v1IoyHxc">Charles Forbes</a>, British admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_25/lFU8qMNA">November 25</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Flynn_(minister)/LrvuKf6Q">John Flynn</a>, Australian medical services pioneer (d. <a href="/facts/1951/o7KS23e8">1951</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elsie_J._Oxenham/Tw1TRnw0">Elsie J. Oxenham</a>, English children's novelist (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_29/2gfLq1Iv">November 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Sara_Allgood/jAaW3lLU">Sara Allgood</a>, Irish-American actress (d. <a href="/facts/1950/mxu5oLbY">1950</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_1/2AJh8lYG">December 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Trumpeldor/jkTMABkC">Joseph Trumpeldor</a>, Russian Zionist (d. <a href="/facts/1920/cMv9MvzA">1920</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_3/Lb7CXlcl">December 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Fedor_von_Bock/mU61DNQx">Fedor von Bock</a>, German field marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1945/w7Rc9CUl">1945</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_11/HVStcgwJ">December 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Frank_Tarrant/H8zV73oc">Frank Tarrant</a>, Australian cricketer (d. <a href="/facts/1951/o7KS23e8">1951</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_17/XUw2Jewn">December 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Austin_Hobart_Clark/Q8tb2bFs">Austin Hobart Clark</a>, American zoologist (d. <a href="/facts/1954/qggMYsgW">1954</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_31/YBW5G3CP">December 31</a> – <a href="/facts/George_C._Marshall/gnWtpenN">George C. Marshall</a>, <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_State/AgUe4Dkq">United States Secretary of State</a>, recipient of the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Peace_Prize/2wVhmLrX">Nobel Peace Prize</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1959/3NCLPH6G">1959</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <h3>January–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_4/krKQrxA8">January 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Anselm_Feuerbach/FdcPq4Hz">Anselm Feuerbach</a>, German painter (b. <a href="/facts/1829/G469b3pe">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marthe_Camille_Bachasson%2c_Count_of_Montalivet/QvPXkU4G">Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet</a>, French statesman (b. <a href="/facts/1801/wINkvk08">1801</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_8/SGESoya0">January 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Joshua_A._Norton/kjVfC483">Joshua A. Norton</a>, self-anointed Emperor Norton I of the United States of America (b. <a href="/facts/1811/t8Uwt7ka">1811</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_12/QqF02HGt">January 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Ellen_Lewis_Herndon_Arthur/fsxcyrAz">Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur</a>, wife of <a href="/facts/Chester_A._Arthur/2YabyyhY">Chester A. Arthur</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1837/IfxtxA4W">1837</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_14/S2XKKdjo">January 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Frederick_VIII%2c_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein/Q5RRxhYX">Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1829/G469b3pe">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_20/GcrSc1fb">January 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Captain_Moonlite/zerF8nMh">Captain Moonlite</a>, Australian bushranger (hanged) (b. <a href="/facts/1842/K6paMgBm">1842</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_31/PkENSBYc">January 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Adolphe_Granier_de_Cassagnac/SfUx8xDe">Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac</a>, French politician (b. <a href="/facts/1806/gBqJvrdt">1806</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_18/WmbangCr">February 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Nikolay_Zinin/K59FAJEB">Nikolay Zinin</a>, Russian organic chemist (b. <a href="/facts/1812/XISCd2Wu">1812</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_29/lJscEwUh">February 29</a> – Sir <a href="/facts/James_Milne_Wilson/xmwp0uun">James Milne Wilson</a>, Premier of Tasmania (b. <a href="/facts/1812/XISCd2Wu">1812</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_14/psCU0ha1">March 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Pagan_Min/RF3y98Iz">Pagan Min</a>, King of Ava (b. <a href="/facts/1811/t8Uwt7ka">1811</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_31/6x7dDjky">March 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Henryk_Wieniawski/vXwH1aIp">Henryk Wieniawski</a>, Polish composer (b. <a href="/facts/1835/R5LlTYAg">1835</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_23/VCyKHdkg">April 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Raden_Saleh/g8bDeoKd">Raden Saleh</a>, Indonesian painter (b. <a href="/facts/1807/WIELGVCy">1807</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_27/utqE8bxC">April 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Vinoy/ef63NTou">Joseph Vinoy</a>, French general (b. <a href="/facts/1803/YrFcxtRR">1803</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_2/Jkr8fs6q">May 2</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Eberhard_Anheuser/qfju0R50">Eberhard Anheuser</a>, German-American brewer, co-founder of <a href="/facts/Anheuser-Busch/14401CQ1">Anheuser-Busch</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1806/gBqJvrdt">1806</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eunice_Hale_Waite_Cobb/9BWB5WXN">Eunice Hale Waite Cobb</a>, American public speaker (b. <a href="/facts/1803/YrFcxtRR">1803</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom_Wills/6zNo0cXn">Tom Wills</a>, Australian cricketer, pioneer of Australian rules football (b. <a href="/facts/1835/R5LlTYAg">1835</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_4/m5CrVBfW">May 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Edward_Clark_(governor)/jsf8x35Q">Edward Clark</a>, Confederate Governor of Texas (b. <a href="/facts/1815/LmeyEgj4">1815</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_8/PEe2X6Xh">May 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Gustave_Flaubert/K2pKeafh">Gustave Flaubert</a>, French novelist (b. <a href="/facts/1821/5rq9kmS4">1821</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_20/cs2G4cma">May 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Ana_N%25C3%25A9ri/gdtDbfz9">Ana Néri</a>, Brazilian nurse (b. <a href="/facts/1814/j29hWtXH">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_8/UR4fHNx5">June 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Maria_Alexandrovna_(Marie_of_Hesse)/V0S2EW0x">Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)</a>, Empress Consort of <a href="/facts/Czar/qTE59C0T">Czar</a> <a href="/facts/Alexander_II_of_Russia/rcFpTjFH">Alexander II of Russia</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1824/S9leuJfU">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_28/r7YMdmGk">June 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Texas_Jack_Omohundro/q5FWfqPr">Texas Jack Omohundro</a>, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (b. <a href="/facts/1846/rc9r8XTf">1846</a>)</li></ul> <h3>July–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_9/Yp5pBkUI">July 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Broca/Fv72wxx4">Paul Broca</a>, French physician and anthropologist (b. <a href="/facts/1824/S9leuJfU">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_17/L9LMYksJ">July 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Tomasz_Cho%25C5%2582odecki/XS9rpRqn">Tomasz Chołodecki</a>, Polish political activist (b. <a href="/facts/1813/24mtbexz">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_21/TjbcmpgH">July 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Hiram_Walden/v3LKnpmf">Hiram Walden</a>, American politician (b. <a href="/facts/1800/G5Il6fwc">1800</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_9/tAz2L8EU">August 9</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Bigler/GgddngcW">William Bigler</a>, American politician (b. <a href="/facts/1814/j29hWtXH">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_15/UkXS3RX1">August 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Adelaide_Neilson/yUzst7X3">Adelaide Neilson</a>, English actress (b. <a href="/facts/1848/pdeR3EA3">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_16/W7hpMxEU">August 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Herschel_Vespasian_Johnson/12VenqWE">Herschel Vespasian Johnson</a>, American politician (b. <a href="/facts/1812/XISCd2Wu">1812</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_17/yVrQpPk6">August 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Ole_Bull/Lz1Xbk66">Ole Bull</a>, Norwegian violinist (b. <a href="/facts/1810/KghrRXX6">1810</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_24/mVIkGKN1">August 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Chief_Ouray/4e7jzkB2">Chief Ouray</a>, Native American leader (b. c. <a href="/facts/1833/XJtFnCyC">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_21/M05hqK1K">September 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Manuel_Montt/RWz81DxJ">Manuel Montt</a>, 5th President of Chile (b. <a href="/facts/1809/HImmC0Ba">1809</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_25/Xx6ja6nh">September 25</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Tarleton_(Royal_Navy_officer)/sleq0xKL">John Tarleton</a>, British admiral (b. <a href="/facts/1811/t8Uwt7ka">1811</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_5/NRyybbNE">October 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Jacques_Offenbach/pVgxoAU9">Jacques Offenbach</a>, German-born French composer (b. <a href="/facts/1819/H4JYLWFl">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_14/m78KG8kX">October 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Victorio/bE0Wwz6a">Victorio</a>, Chiricahua Apache chief (b. c. <a href="/facts/1825/1G8RPV5b">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_22/AT2kAN3s">October 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Alphonse_P%25C3%25A9naud/AATp51Mk">Alphonse Pénaud</a>, French aviation pioneer (b. <a href="/facts/1850/hCD3XDg7">1850</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_23/s5BlQbcW">October 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Bettino_Ricasoli/EJ0aQpER">Bettino Ricasoli</a>, Italian statesman (b. <a href="/facts/1809/HImmC0Ba">1809</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_11/wUfLGUtc">November 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ned_Kelly/PcJElGcr">Ned Kelly</a>, Australian bush ranger (hanged) (b. c. <a href="/facts/1855/zEA3P7fK">1855</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lucretia_Mott/X8A5j8tb">Lucretia Mott</a>, American social activist (b. <a href="/facts/1793/v9REpvF8">1793</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_13/brMnXpU8">November 13</a> – <a href="/facts/August_Karl_von_Goeben/Fk6tcKB1">August Karl von Goeben</a>, Prussian general (b. <a href="/facts/1816/dPVlnRvX">1816</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_23/8SFDmo7f">November 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Redmond_Barry/Fh1tlssy">Sir Redmond Barry</a>, Australian judge, sentenced Ned Kelly to death (b. <a href="/facts/1813/24mtbexz">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_28/S5bg5uEC">November 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Aires_de_Ornelas_e_Vasconcelos/sUFlY3CD">Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos</a>, (<a href="/facts/Portuguese_people/1nLGh91a">Portuguese</a>) <a href="/facts/Archbishop/5qxa8woF">Archbishop</a> of <a href="/facts/Goa/tTfJfNh3">Goa</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1837/IfxtxA4W">1837</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_30/bxhWS29d">November 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Jeanette_Threlfall/EWUqXr4j">Jeanette Threlfall</a>, English hymnwriter (b. <a href="/facts/1821/5rq9kmS4">1821</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_7/I3NwxhMj">December 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Maria_Giuseppa_Rossello/HzAXgaA7">Maria Giuseppa Rossello</a>, Italian <a href="/facts/Roman_Catholic/rJ4F4gqH">Roman Catholic</a> religious sister and blessed (b. <a href="/facts/1811/t8Uwt7ka">1811</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_20/swF1aEQn">December 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Gaspar_Tochman/j6pqbq0o">Gaspar Tochman</a>, Polish-American soldier (b. <a href="/facts/1797/r24arvYo">1797</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_22/zTzeBtvz">December 22</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Eliot/5qz6m6j7">George Eliot</a>, English writer (b. <a href="/facts/1819/H4JYLWFl">1819</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Manolache_Costache_Epureanu/xeV53rPX">Manolache Costache Epureanu</a>, 2-time prime minister of Romania (b. <a href="/facts/1823/jrk4eX9n">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ng_Akew/e9cV1RwG">Ng Akew</a>, Chinese businesswoman</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/appletonsannual10unkngoog"><i>1880 Annual Cyclopedia</i> (1881)</a> highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" for year 1880; massive compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage; 756 pp</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>U.S. patent 0,223,898 granted 27 January 1880 <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US223898" target="_blank">https://patents.google.com/patent/US223898</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>U.S. patent 0,223,898 granted 27 January 1880 <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US223898" target="_blank">https://patents.google.com/patent/US223898</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Levy, Joel (2002). 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