1880s facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s – 1880s – 1890s 1900s 1910s |
| Years: | 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Contents
Events
- The first commercial Macadamia nut farm opens in Australia.
- Railroads help industrialize many western countries.
World leaders
- Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
- Prime Min Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada)
- Guangxu Emperor (China)
- Emperor Wilhelm I (German Empire)
- Emperor Wilhelm II (German Empire)
- Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (German Empire)
- King Umberto I (Italy)
- Pope Leo XIII
- Emperor Meiji (Japan)
- General Porfirio Díaz (Mexico)
- Czar Alexander II (Russia)
- King Alfonso XII (Spain)
- Queen - Empress Victoria (United Kingdom)
- Prime Min William Ewart Gladstone (United Kingdom)
- Prime Min Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (United Kingdom)
- President James Garfield (United States)
- President Rutherford B. Hayes (United States)
- President Chester A. Arthur (United States)
- President Grover Cleveland (United States)
- Nasser-al-Din Shah of Qajar dynasty (Persia)
- Emperor Pedro II (Brazil)
Images for kids
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Benz Patent Motorwagen which is widely regarded as the first automobile was first introduced in 1885.
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The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated on March 31, 1889, thus becoming the tallest structure in the world
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Coca-Cola was invented in May 1886
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See also
In Spanish: Años 1880 para niños
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