Explore 766 historical events from 1880–1889.
James Ormsbee Chapin was an American painter and illustrator. He was the father of jazz musician Jim Chapin and grandfather of folk singer Harry Chapin.
James Ormsbee Chapin, American-Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1975)
Saturnino Herrán Guinchard was a Mexican painter influential to Latin culture in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Saturnino Herrán, Mexican painter (died 1918)
Samuel Eliot Morison was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from Har…
Samuel Eliot Morison, American admiral and historian (died 1976)
Wharton Esherick was an American artist and designer. An artistic polymath, he worked in a wide variety of art media including painting, printmaking, and sculpture. His design work…
Wharton Esherick, American sculptor (died 1970)
Joseph Jefferson Jackson, nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the early 20th century. His .356 c…
Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (died 1951)
Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who headed the puppet government of Norway during the country's occupatio…
Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway (died 1945)
Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Franck "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an ele…
Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a French American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the United States and in New Yor…
Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor (died 1968)
Willard DeMille Price was a Canadian-born American traveller, journalist and author.
Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author (died 1983)
Sigmund Romberg was a Hungarian-born American composer. He is best known for his musicals and operettas, particularly The Student Prince (1924), The Desert Song (1926) and The New …
Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (died 1951)
Mohamed Sherif Pasha GCSI was an Egyptian statesman. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt three times during his career. His first term was between 7 April 1879 and 18 August 1879.…
Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1826)
Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was a German-American Lutheran minister. He was the first president of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) and one of its most influential th…
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Thomas Francis Meagher was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. After being convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death but …
Thomas Francis Meagher, Leader of the Young Ireland rebellion of 1848, Commander of the Irish Brigade in the US Civil…
Robert A. Clay Allison, also known as Clay Allison was an American cattle rancher, cattle broker, and sometimes gunfighter of the American Old West. He fought for the Confederacy i…
Clay Allison, American rancher (born 1841)
Benjamin Holladay was an American transportation businessman responsible for creating the Overland Stage to California during the height of the 1849 California Gold Rush. He create…
Ben Holladay, American businessman (born 1819)
John Taylor was an English-born American religious leader who served as the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887. He is the first an…
John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1808)
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada. The Crown, along with two chambers, form the bicameral legislature.
The Parliament of Canada passed the Rocky Mountains Park Act, creating Banff National Park (pictured) in Alberta as the
L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917) was the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language.
L. L. Zamenhof (pictured) published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed…
Agostino Depretis was an Italian statesman and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Italy for several stretches between 1876 and 1887, and was leader of the Historical Left p…
Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1813)
The eight-hour day movement was a social movement that appeared in various countries to regulate the length of a working day. The goal was preventing excesses and abuses of working…
Workers marching for the Eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what bec
The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or the Haymarket Incident, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place…
Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in
The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or the Haymarket Incident, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place…
Haymarket affair: In Chicago, United States, a homemade bomb is thrown at police officers trying to break up a labor ral
The Great Vancouver Fire destroyed most of the newly incorporated city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on June 13, 1886. It started as two land-clearing fires to the west o…
A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia
Michális Dórizas was a Greek athlete who competed in throwing events at the 1906, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the javelin throw in 1908 and a bronze in …
Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (died 1957)