What Happened In June 1880 - Historical Events 1880 June

Historical Events for June, 1880

7th » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the 'Campaña del Desierto' (Desert Campaign).
24th » First performance of 'O Canada', the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
28th » The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan, Victoria known as Glenrowan.
29th » France annexes Tahiti.

4th » Clara Blandick, Hong Kong-American actress (d. 1962)
7th » Thorleif Lund, Norwegian-Danish actor (d. 1956)
10th » André Derain, French painter and sculptor (d. 1954)
11th » Jeannette Rankin, American politician (d. 1973)
16th » Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author (d. 1963)
17th » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (d. 1964)
21st » Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961)
21st » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (d. 1941)
22nd » Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer (d. 1954)
26th » Mitchell Lewis, American actor (d. 1956)
27th » Natalia Brasova, Russian wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1952)
27th » Helen Keller, American author and activist (d. 1968)
29th » Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
30th » Franz Kröwerath, German rower (d. 1945)