Timeline July 1880

Events in July 1880 4

• 1880 Wimbledon 1880 Men: John Hartley John Hartley defended his Wimbledon title.
• 1880 – 1960 Otto Frederick Rohwedder Inventor of the bread slicer, 1880-1960 An Iowa jeweller who spent sixteen years, one factory fire and every penny he had on a machine to slice a loaf of bread.
• 1880 Bastille Day made French national holiday Third Republic adopts 14 July as its national day The French parliament voted on 6 July 1880 to make 14 July a national holiday, commemorating both the 1789 storming of the Bastille and the 1790 Fete de la Federation. The first official celebration took place on 14 July 1880 with a military review in Paris. It has been marked annually ever since.
• 1880 Battle of Maiwand Afghan forces rout a British-Indian brigade During the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Ayub Khan's Afghan army defeated a British-Indian force near Maiwand on 27 July 1880, inflicting heavy casualties. The defeat led to the famous relief march and siege at Kandahar. It remains one of the war's most studied engagements.