Explore 766 historical events from 1880–1889.
Boers are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. From 1652 to 1795…
Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as…
Dodge City is a city in and the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. It was named after nearby Fort Dodg…
In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle
Henry McCarty, alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders. He was solely responsib…
Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico
Carol I or Charles I of Romania, nicknamed the King of Independence ; was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (Domnitor) from 1866 to 1881, and …
Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom
Ottoman Tunisia was a semi-autonomous territory of the Ottoman Empire. It existed from the 16th to the 19th century and was located roughly in present-day Tunisia.
In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
The Austro-Serbian Convention of 1881 was a secret bilateral treaty that was signed in Belgrade on 28 June 1881 by Gabriel Freiherr Herbert-Rathkeal on behalf of Austria-Hungary an…
The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed
Alabama is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the…
In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Argentina and Chile was signed on 23 July 1881 in Buenos Aires by Bernardo de Irigoyen, for Argentina, and Francisco de Borja Echeverría, for Ch…
The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
The American National Red Cross, sometimes referred to as ANRC, is an American nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster…
The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Dansville, New York
USS Jeannette was a naval exploration vessel which, commanded by George W. De Long, undertook the Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881 to the Arctic. After being trapped in the ice an…
The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack
Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal was a Sudanese religious and political leader. In 1881, he claimed to be the Mahdi and led a war against Egyptian rule in Sudan, which culmina…
In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam
A telephone call, phone call, voice call, or simply a call, is the use of a connection over a telephone network between two parties for audio communication. To start a call, the ca…
The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine,…
The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime m…
General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
Charles Julius Guiteau was an American office seeker who assassinated the 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield, in 1881. A failed lawyer suffering from mental ill…
Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his…
Harry Jheopart Capehart Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, and businessperson in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Capehart served as a member of the West Virginia House of Del…
Harry J
George Elsworth Wiley was an American racing cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century.
George E
Alfredo A. Cabrera was a professional baseball shortstop who played many years in the Cuban League. His nickname was Pájaro, which is Spanish for "Bird."
Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (died 1964)
Henry McCarty, alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders. He was solely responsib…
American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the Maxwell House at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. was a French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, philosopher, mystic, and teacher. Teilhard de Chardin investigated the theory of evolution f…
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (died 1955)
Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse was a Dutch conductor and composer. Among his works are five symphonies and the Dutch-language opera Thijl (1940).
Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (died 1944)
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in…
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (died 1963)
Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure in Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, a …
Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author (died 1922)
Joseph Forshaw Jr. was an American athlete who competed mainly in the marathon.
Joe Forshaw, American runner (died 1964)
Lionel Laughton Hill was an Australian politician who served as the thirtieth Premier of South Australia, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.
Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia (died 1963)