page_title: 1880
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1880 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948
context_page_description: 1880 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 and Anno Domini 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.
context_section_description: August 4 – Werner von Fritsch, German general (d. 1939)
  August 6 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)
  August 8 – Earle Page, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1961)
  August 10 – Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1964)
  August 12 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (d.1925)
  August 15 – Anna Rüling, German journalist, the first known lesbian activist (d. 1953)
  August 19 – Jean Patou, French fashion designer (d. 1936)
  August 22 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
  August 23 – Wyndham Standing, English stage, film actor (d. 1963)
  August 26 – Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet (d. 1918)
  August 29 – Marie-Louise Meilleur, longest-lived Canadian (verified) ever (d. 1998)
  August 30 – Nikolai Astrup, Norwegian painter (d. 1928)
  August 31 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
caption: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
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