1880

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1850s  1860s  1870s  – 1880s –  1890s  1900s  1910s
Years:	1877 1878 1879 – 1880 – 1881 1882 1883

1880 Media

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  July 27: Battle of Maiwand

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  September 1: Battle of Kandahar (1880)

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  Photograph of King Vajiravudh of Thailand wearing the uniform of a General in the British Army, with many medals and insignia on jacket.

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  General of the Army Douglas MacArthur smoking his corncob pipe, probably at Manila, Philippine Islands, 2 August 1945.

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  Franz Marc, 1910

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  Kuniaki Koiso (1880–1950)

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  • Photo of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German artist (May 6, 1880 – June 15, 1938), one of the founders of the artists group
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  • For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme.
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  Helen Keller sitting, holding a magnolia flower, circa 1920. Image from the Los Angeles Times.

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  BundesarchivBild,LudwigBeck

1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1880th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 880th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1880, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Births

• January 29 – W.C. Fields, American comedian

Events

• Volapük created.

Deaths

• Ned Kelly, Australian bushranger (b. 1854)