28 notable events from 1880.
- First Boer War
Dec 20, 1880–Mar 23, 1881 · South Africa
- Selknam genocide
1880–1910 · Chile
- Battle of Geok Tepe
Dec 1, 1880–Jan 1, 1881 · Turkmenistan
- Mussel Slough Tragedy
May 11, 1880 · United States
- Francisco Guerrero Pérez
Jan 1, 1880–Jan 1, 1908 · Mexico
- Black Widows of Liverpool
Jan 1, 1880–Jan 1, 1883 · —
- Basuto Gun War
1880–1881 · Lesotho
- Mary Clement
Jan 1, 1880–Jan 1, 1885 · —
- Explosion in the Winter Palace
Feb 17, 1880 · Russian Federation
- Battle of Tres Castillos
Oct 15, 1880 · Mexico
- Dublin Castle scandal
1880s · Ireland
- William Cantelo
Jan 1, 1880 · —
- 1880 Zagreb earthquake
Nov 9, 1880 · Croatia
- Edward Bates Soper
Jan 1, 1880–Jan 1, 1897 · —
- Marshfield Cyclone
Apr 18, 1880 · United States
- Alma Massacre
Apr 28, 1880 · United States
- Trial of the Sixteen (1880)
1880 · —
- 1880 Southern Luzon earthquakes
Jul 14, 1880 · Philippines
- Brsjak revolt
Oct 14, 1880–Apr 22, 1881 · North Macedonia
- Lynching of Arthur Jordan
Jan 19, 1880 · United States
- Rimutaka Incline railway accidents
Sep 11, 1880 · New Zealand
- Lynching of George Scott
Dec 12, 1880 · United States
- Wennington Junction rail crash
Aug 11, 1880 · United Kingdom
- Burscough Junction rail accident
Jan 15, 1880 · United Kingdom
- 1880 Illapel earthquake
Aug 15, 1880 · Chile
- Nieuwkuijk levee breach
Dec 30, 1880 · Netherlands
- Cissey-Kaulla affair
1880 · France
- Clichy-Levallois train collision
Feb 3, 1880 · France