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Historical Events in February 1880

  • Feb 1 The first edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published.
  • Feb 2 SS Strathleven arrives in London with first shipment of frozen Australian mutton
  • Feb 4 Steele MacKay's play "Hazel Kirke" premieres in New York City

MurderMurder of Interest

Feb 4 Black donnelly massacre in Biddulph, Ontario. Irish immigrants James (63), Johannah (56), John (32), Thomas (25) and Bridget (21) Donnelly murdered at home by members of the Vigilance Committee

Squatter James Donnelly
Squatter
James Donnelly

BeatificationCatholic Encyclical

Feb 10 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage

256th Pope Leo XIII
256th Pope
Leo XIII
  • Feb 12 US National Croquet League organizes (Philadelphia)
  • Feb 13 Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards
  • Feb 16 American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms (NYC)

MurderAssassination Attempt

Feb 17 Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt

Tsar of Russia Alexander II
Tsar of Russia
Alexander II
  • Feb 29 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland & Italy completed

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