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==Events==
==Events==
* [[16th Street Baptist Church]] bought the property of its current site.
* [[16th Street Baptist Church]] bought the property of its current site.
* [[F. W. Beall]] became [[List of Birmingham police chiefs|Chief]] of the [[Birmingham Police Department]].
* [[Rufus Cobb]] was re-elected [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor of Alabama]].
* [[Thomas Jeffers]] was re-elected [[Mayor of Birmingham]].
* [[Linn's Crossing Cemetery]] and [[Graham Cemetery]] were established.
* [[Linn's Crossing Cemetery]] and [[Graham Cemetery]] were established.
* [[Daniel Payne College|Payne Institute]] was established.
* [[Daniel Payne College|Payne Institute]] was established.
* [[Pleasant Sabine Baptist Church]] in [[Bibb County]] was founded.
* [[Pleasant Sabine Baptist Church]] in [[Bibb County]] was founded.
* [[Andrew Tarrant]] was elected tax assessor for [[Jefferson County]].


===Business===
===Business===
* [[June 10]]:  [[Edwards Furnace]] was blown in.
* [[November 23]]:  [[Alice Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.
* [[A. O. Lane]] became editor of the ''[[Birmingham Iron Age]]''.
* [[A. O. Lane]] became editor of the ''[[Birmingham Iron Age]]''.
* [[Samuel Greene]] began practicing law in [[Jasper]].
* [[Samuel Greene]] began practicing law in [[Jasper]].
* [[T. L. Hudgins]] founded [[T. L. Hudgins & Co.]], a private banking house.
* Sisters Bertha and Estella Sommers founded the [[Parisian|Parisian Dry Goods & Millinery Company]].
* Sisters Bertha and Estella Sommers founded the [[Parisian|Parisian Dry Goods & Millinery Company]].
* [[James Van Hoose]] went to work for the [[J. M. Maxwell and Company]] wholesale grocers.
* [[James Van Hoose]] went to work for the [[J. M. Maxwell and Company]] wholesale grocers.
* The [[Woodward Iron Company]] began operations in the [[Birmingham District]].
* The [[Woodward Iron Company]] began operations in the [[Birmingham District]].
* [[June 10]]:  [[Edwards Furnace]] was blown in.
* The [[Birmingham Arms & Cycle Co.]] was founded.
* [[November 23]]:  [[Alice Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.
* [[Samuel Tate]] founded the [[Birmingham Coal and Iron Company]].
* [[George Harris]] founded the [[Harris Transfer Company]].
* "Two old Irishmen" opened a [[Bradford Mine|slope mine]] at [[Bradford]].
 
===Government===
* [[Rufus Cobb]] was re-elected [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor of Alabama]].
* [[Thomas Jeffers]] was re-elected [[Mayor of Birmingham]].
* [[Andrew Tarrant]] was elected tax assessor for [[Jefferson County]].


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== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
[[Image:Lloyd Noland.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Lloyd Noland {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll6,1847}}]]
* Mining engineer [[John Henry Adams]] came to Birmingham.
* [[F. W. Beall]] became [[List of Birmingham police chiefs|Chief]] of the [[Birmingham Police Department]].
* [[Brother Bryan]] entered the University of North Carolina.
* [[Brother Bryan]] entered the University of North Carolina.
* [[Franklin Glass]] achieved his master's degree at Princeton University.
* Chemist [[William Caldwell]] came to Birmingham.
* [[Robert A. Morris]] joined the [[Alabama National Guard]].
* [[Robert A. Morris]] joined the [[Alabama National Guard]].
* [[John Phillips]] graduated Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, with a bachelor of arts.
* Physician [[Charles Whelan]] moved to Birmingham.
* Physician [[Charles Whelan]] moved to Birmingham.


===Births===
===Births===
* [[May 6]]: [[William Simmons]], founder of the 2nd [[Ku Klux Klan]]
* [[May 6]]: [[William Simmons]], founder of the 2nd [[Ku Klux Klan]]
* [[July 25]]: [[Lloyd Noland]], physician
* [[July 25]]: [[Lloyd Noland]], physician and public health advocate
* [[August 2]]: [[Claude Ritter]], attorney
* [[October 9]]: [[John Henley, Jr]], publisher
* [[John A. Carroll]], furniture store owner
* [[Simon Goldstein]], department store owner
 
===Graduations===
* [[Franklin Glass]] achieved his master's degree at Princeton University.
* [[John Phillips]] graduated Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, with a bachelor of arts.
 
=== Marriages ===
* [[John Adams|John Henry Adams]] to the former [[Annie Adams|Annie Williams]].


==Context==
==Context==
In 1880, Wabash, Indiana became the first electrically lit city in the world.  France annexed Tahiti.  Australian bushranger and bank robber Ned Kelly was hanged.  The First Boer War began.
In 1880, Wabash, Indiana became the first electrically lit city in the world.  France annexed Tahiti.  James Garfield defeated Winfield S. Hancock in the presidential election.  Australian bushranger and bank robber Ned Kelly was hanged.  The First Boer War began.
 
Notable books published in 1880 included ''The Brothers Karamazov'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky, ''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'' by Lew Wallace, and ''Nana'' by Emile Zola.  Notable music composed in 1880 included "Sailing, Sailing" by Godfrey Marks, ''Symphony No. 6 in D major, op. 60'' by Antonín Dvořák, and ''1812 Overture'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.


Notable births included those of Douglas MacArthur, W.C. Fields, Helen Keller, and H. L. Mencken. Deaths in 1880 included those of Lydia Maria Child and Jacques Offenbach.
Notable births included army general Douglas MacArthur, actor W.C. Fields, spokeswoman Helen Keller, journalist H. L. Mencken, sculptor Jacob Epstein, and Secretary of State George Marshall. Notable deaths included novelist Lydia Maria Child, composer Jacques Offenbach, and writer Mary Anne Evans (a.k.a. George Eliot).


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Latest revision as of 20:21, 14 January 2021

1880 was the ninth year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Government

Individuals

Lloyd Noland courtesy BPL Archives

Births

Graduations

  • Franklin Glass achieved his master's degree at Princeton University.
  • John Phillips graduated Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, with a bachelor of arts.

Marriages

Context

In 1880, Wabash, Indiana became the first electrically lit city in the world. France annexed Tahiti. James Garfield defeated Winfield S. Hancock in the presidential election. Australian bushranger and bank robber Ned Kelly was hanged. The First Boer War began.

Notable books published in 1880 included The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace, and Nana by Emile Zola. Notable music composed in 1880 included "Sailing, Sailing" by Godfrey Marks, Symphony No. 6 in D major, op. 60 by Antonín Dvořák, and 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Notable births included army general Douglas MacArthur, actor W.C. Fields, spokeswoman Helen Keller, journalist H. L. Mencken, sculptor Jacob Epstein, and Secretary of State George Marshall. Notable deaths included novelist Lydia Maria Child, composer Jacques Offenbach, and writer Mary Anne Evans (a.k.a. George Eliot).

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