Timeline May 1880

Events in May 1880 2

• 1821 – 1880 Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) Died 8 May 1880, aged 58 Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist best known for Madame Bovary, a landmark of literary realism. He died suddenly of a suspected stroke at his home in Croisset on 8 May 1880. His meticulous prose style influenced generations of later novelists.
• 1880 Battle of Tacna Chile defeats the Peru-Bolivia alliance Chilean forces defeated the combined armies of Peru and Bolivia at the Battle of Tacna, also called the Battle of the Alto de la Alianza, on 26 May 1880. The victory effectively removed Bolivia from the War of the Pacific. Chile went on to occupy Tacna province for decades afterward.