The 1880s

Explore 352 historical events from 1880–1889.

1887

Mervyn S

Mervyn Sharp Bennion was a United States Navy captain who served during World War I and was killed while he was in command of battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attac…

Mervyn S

1887

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Anders Wilhelm Sandberg was a Danish film director and screenwriter.

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1887

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Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell was a British historian and academic who served as dean and later principal of Hertford College, Oxford. His field of expertise was modern …

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1887

Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (died 1963)

Sir Ba U, was a Anglo-Burmese politician and lawyer. He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma from 1948 to 1952, and the second president of Burma from 16 March 195…

Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (died 1963)

1887

Frank Woolley, English cricketer (died 1978)

Frank Edward Woolley was an English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1906 and 1938 and represented the England cricket team. A genuine all-rou…

Frank Woolley, English cricketer (died 1978)

1887

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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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