Today in History for December 1880

Months in 1880: January February March April May June July August September October November

Historical Events

Events 1 - 4 of 4

8th - 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa
16th - Republic of South-Africa forms
20th - Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten
20th - NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 11 of 11

3rd - Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
5th - Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist/conductor
10th - Fred Immler, German actor (d. 1965)
11th - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
19th - Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer
24th - Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939)
28th - Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet
29th - Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer
30th - Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein
31st - George Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953), (d. 1959)
31st - Fred Beebe, American baseball player (d. 1957)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

2nd - Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65
11th - Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)
12th - Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83
15th - Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76
22nd - George Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday
25th - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828)
27th - Alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75