What Happened in January 1880

Historical Events

Historic Invention

Jan 27 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp

Inventor Thomas Edison — Inventor
Thomas Edison

Famous Birthdays

Jan 1 Edie Martin, British actress (Titfield Thunderbolt), born in London, England (d. 1964)
Jan 2 Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer
Jan 3 Donat Raymond, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame builder (head Canadian Arena Company, Montreal Forum rebuilt in 1968) and politician, born in St. Stanislas de Kostka, Quebec (d. 1963)
Jan 5 Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (Skazi), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1951)
Jan 6 Tom Mix [Thomas Hezikiah Mix], American silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin), born in Mix Run, Pennsylvania (d. 1940)
Jan 6 Yuliya Veysberg, Russian music critic & composer, born in Orenburg, Russia (d. 1942)
Jan 10 Eduard Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause), born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 1954)
Jan 10 Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister & mayor of Antwerp, born in Roosdaal, Belgium (d. 1961)
Jan 10 Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown and circus director, born in Loveresse, Canton of Bern (d. 1959)

Manuel Azaña

Jan 10 Manuel Azaña, Prime Minister of Spain (1931-33) and 2nd President of the Spanish Republic (1936-39), born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain (d. 1940)

Jan 11 Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer
Jan 17 Mack Sennett, movie creator (Keystone Kops)
Jan 18 Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch theoretical physicist (phase transition, Ehrenfest theorem), born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1933)
Jan 20 Walter W. Bacon, American politician (d. 1962)
Jan 24 Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)
Jan 25 Francis George Scott, Scottish composer, born in Hawick, Roxburghshire (d. 1958)

Douglas MacArthur

Jan 26 Douglas MacArthur, American General in World War II, born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1964)

Jan 28 Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (England wicket-keeper before & after WWI)
Jan 28 Mary Boland, American comedienne and actress (Ruggles of Red Gap), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
Jan 29 W C Fields [William Claude Dukenfield], actor (Bank Dick), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania