Explore 352 historical events from 1880–1889.
Walter Eugene Egan was an American golfer who competed in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
Walter Egan, American golfer (died 1971)
Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was a Russian avant-garde painter who worked with radical exhibitors and pioneered the first approach to abstract Russian art. He was founding member o…
Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (died 1964)
William Burges was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century industrialisa…
William Burges, English architect and designer (born 1827)
Ludwig Samson Heinrich Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen was a Bavarian general.
Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (born 1815)
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon was a French sculptor and photographer.
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (born 1818)
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a centr…
Benjamin Disraeli, English journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1804)
Mary Jane Seacole was a Jamaican nurse and businesswoman. She was famous for her nursing work during the Crimean War and for publishing the first autobiography written by a woman o…
Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (born 1805)
Samuel Palmer Hon.RE was a British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in Romanticism in Britain and produced visionary…
Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (born 1805)
Jacob Bernays was a German philologist and philosophical writer.
Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (born 1824)
Émile Maximilien Paul Littré was a French lexicographer, freemason and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, commonly called le Littré.
Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (born 1801)
A pair of decorated ceilings in the main Central Hall and smaller North Hall of the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, were unveiled at the building's opening in 1…
The painted ceilings of the Natural History Museum, London, were unveiled when the building opened its doors to the publ
The French conquest of Tunisia occurred in two phases in 1881: the first consisting of the invasion and securing of the country before the signing of a treaty of protection, and th…
Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French prote
The Mussel Slough Tragedy was a shootout over disputed land titles between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). It took place on May 11, 1880, on a farm located 5.6 mil…
Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
Samuel Earl Crawford, nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Crawford batted and threw left-handed, stood 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) tall and wei…
Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (died 1968)
Michael Fokine was a Russian choreographer and dancer. He is considered the founder of modern ballet.
Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1942)
Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.
Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (died 1954)
Josef Müller, also known as Giuseppe Müller, was a Croatian entomologist.
Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (died 1964)
Mihkel Lüdig was an Estonian composer, organist and choir conductor. As a composer, he particularly worked on a cappella choral songs. Lüdig is considered one of the major organise…
Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1958)
Adolf Chybiński was a Polish musicologist and academic.
Adolf Chybiński, Polish historian, musicologist and academic (died 1952)
Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie was an editorial cartoonist.
Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (died 1967)
Marquis Franklin "Bill" Horr was an American college football player and coach and Olympic track and field athlete.
Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach (died 1955)
Winifred Mabel Brunton née Newberry was a South African painter, illustrator and Egyptologist.
Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (died 1959)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foun…
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter (died 1938)
Pandurang Vaman Kane was an Indian academic, historian, lawyer, Indologist, and Sanskrit scholar. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 1963.
Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (died 1972)