January 1880

Thursday 01:

Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.

The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.

Total solar eclipse blackens the sky of San Francisco one day after the funeral of Emperor Norton.

Thomas Edison files a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.

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