1880

1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.

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

 Events 
 February 2 – The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana.
 Volapük created.

 Deaths 
 Ned Kelly, Australian bushranger (b. 1854)