1880

Year 1880 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - The first electric is installed in.

April - June

 * - defeats  in the  to become  for the second time.
 * - In, performs the first test of his.
 * - is born.
 * - annexes.

July - September

 * - First performance of , the song that would become the of.
 * - First woman licensed to practice medicine in - Dr..
 * - The recognize  as emir of.
 * - First complete railroad trip made from to  on the.
 * - First successful test of an electric in the world takes place in,.
 * - robbed the stage from,  to , . This took place in , Oregon. It was the farthest north Bart is known to have robbed.

October - December

 * October - Terrible winter storm in, the " of 1880".
 * - The opens its doors to 53 students and 10 faculty.
 * - soldiers kill , one of the greatest  military strategists.
 * - The first stone was laid for the in.
 * - defeats  in the.
 * - The first cash register was patented by James and of.
 * - bushranger and bank robber  is hung in.
 * - actress  makes her debut at 's Theatre in.
 * -, the first major action of the.
 * - The becomes a republic and  becomes its first president.

Undated
there was no blizzard of 1880
 * Discovery of by  and.
 * Completion of.
 * Founding of  by.
 * isolated.
 * are officially closed (there will be some burials afterwards).
 * of the established.

January - June

 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian director and producer (d. )
 * -, American general (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, French aviation pioneer (d. )
 * -, German artist (d. )
 * -, 1st Maltese Saint (d. )
 * -, American labor union leader (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, Hungarian mathematician (d. )
 * -, British writer and biographer (d. )
 * -, American playwright and critic (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -,  (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Finnish Minister of Interior (d. )
 * -, Irish writer (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born film studio owner (d. )
 * -, Father of Gestalt Theory (d. )
 * -, r (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * -, Scottish-born financial publisher (d. )
 * -, Romanian writer (d. )
 * , French neurologist (d. )
 * , English footballer (d. )
 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * -, Belgian painter and sculptor (d. )
 * -, Irish politician (d. )
 * -, American writer and photographer (d. )
 * -, 1st Baron Stamp, Bt, GCB, GBE, FBA, a British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker (d. )
 * -, American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. )
 * -, American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. )

July - December

 * -, Czech violinist (d. )
 * -, Slovak General, politician, and astronomer (d. ).
 * , Swiss-born composer (d. )
 * , Swedish athlete (d. )
 * -, Austrian actor (d. )
 * -, eleventh (d. )
 * -, American businessman, philanthropist, and mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * -, French poet (d. )
 * -, Norwegian painter (d.)
 * - Queen (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * ,  and writer,  of   in North America (d. )
 * , American athlete (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, English suffragette (d. )
 * -, Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American woman, notable for living 119 years (d. )
 * -, Irish actress (d. )
 * , American sportswriter (d. )
 * , German scientist and meteoroligist
 * -, British classical music composer (d. )
 * -, Austrian film director (d. )
 * -, Austrian novelist (d. )
 * -, American-born sculptor (d. )
 * -, British children's novelist (d. )
 * -, Russian Zionist (d. )
 * -, American motorboat racer (d. )
 * -, Australian cricketer (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist and children's book author (d. )
 * -, , recipient of the (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , Founder of the second (d. )
 * , American leader and  candidate for presidency in 1936 (d. ?)
 * , English botanist (d. )
 * , Chinese artist and art teacher (d. )
 * See also .
 * , English botanist (d. )
 * , Chinese artist and art teacher (d. )
 * See also .

January - June

 * -, self-anointed Emperor Norton I of the United States of America (b. )
 * -, author (b. )
 * -, Indonesian painter (b. )
 * -, Polish composer (b. )
 * -, Confederate Governor of Texas (b. )
 * -, French novelist (b. )
 * -, Empress Consort of  of Russia (b. )

July - December

 * -, American novelist and abolitionist (b. )
 * -, Polish political activist (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, English actress (b. )
 * -, Norwegian violinist (b. )
 * October -, Apache chief
 * -, German-born composer (b. )
 * -, Australian bush ranger (hanged)
 * -,  of  (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * unknown -, a.


 * See also .