Today in History for May 1880

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

Historical Events

Events 1 - 4 of 4

10th - General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
18th - 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37.5
28th - 8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40.5
31st - League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle association), forms in Newport RI

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 12 of 12

1st - Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)
6th - Baron W Edmund, Archangel & Ironside, British fieldmarshal
12th - Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights
12th - W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)
14th - Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
15th - Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop (Confessional Church)
16th - Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)
19th - Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924)
21st - Pablo Luna y Carne, composer
21st - Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)
25th - Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
29th - Oswald Spengler, Germany, philosopher (Decline of West)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

16th - British writer Mary Anne Evans, pen name George Eliot, aged 60 marries John Cross, 20 years her junior

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

4th - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
8th - Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
9th - Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54
10th - John Goss, composer/organist, dies at 79
16th - Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76
20th - Eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76
22nd - Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician, dies at 80
26th - John Curwen, composer, dies at 63