What Happened In February 1880 - Historical Events 1880 February

Historical Events for February, 1880

2nd » Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
4th » Paul Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1910)
5th » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (d. 1973)
6th » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (sumo) called Yokozuna (d. 1931)
8th » Franz Marc, German painter (d. 1916)
8th » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director (d. 1931)
9th » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959)
12th » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint (d. 1962)
12th » John L. Lewis, American union leader (d. 1969)
13th » Dimitrie Gusti, Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1955)
16th » Frank Burke (baseball) or Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
17th » Ernest Linton, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (d. 1957)
19th » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican politician, 39th President of Mexico (d. 1928)
21st » Waldemar Bonsels, German author (d. 1952)
21st » Otto Christman, Canadian soccer player (d. 1963)
22nd » John Daly (athlete) called John Daly, Irish runner (d. 1969)
26th » Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer, economist, and engineer (d. 1972)

29th » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812)