* 1848 – José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet ( d. 1880 )

* 1880 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor ( d. 1964 )

* 1824 – Maria Alexandrovna, German wife of Alexander II of Russia ( d. 1880 )

* 1880 – Earle Page, Australian politician ( d. 1961 )

* 1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.

* 1880 – Radclyffe Hall, English poet, novelist, and activist ( d. 1943 )

* 1880 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player ( d. 1925 )

* 1800 – Hiram Walden, American politician ( d. 1880 )

* 1803 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian military commander ( d. 1880 )

" The Transubstantiation of a Poor White ", in Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward the History of the Part Which Black People Have Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860 – 1880 ( 1935 ).

* 1880 – Alexander Grin, Russian author ( d. 1932 )

* María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, ( 11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904 ), married on 14 February 1901 to Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and titular heiress from the death of her father until the posthumous birth of her brother

* Alfonso Sanz y Martínez de Arizala ( 28 January 1880, Madrid – 1970 ), married in 1922 to María de Guadalupe de Limantour y Mariscal ( d. 1977, Marbella ), daughter of Julio de Limantour y Marquet ( 17 June 1863, Mexico City – 11 October 1909, Mexico City ) and wife Elena Mariscal y ..., paternal granddaughter of French Joseph Yves de Limantour y Rence de la Pagame ( 1812, Ploemeur – 1885, Mexico City ) and wife Adèle Marquet y Cabannes ( 1820, Bordeaux –?

* 1880 – Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian ( d. 1998 )

* 1880 – An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.

* 1880 – Sam Crawford, American baseball player ( d. 1968 )

* 1911 – Addie Joss, American baseball player ( b. 1880 )

Armoured trains saw use during the 19th century in the American Civil War ( 1861 – 1865 ), the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 1871 ), the First and Second Boer Wars ( 1880 – 81 and 1899 – 1902 ), the First ( 1914 – 1918 ) and Second World Wars ( 1939 – 1945 ) and the First Indochina War ( 1946 – 1954 ).

Alfred Damon Runyon ( October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946 ) was an American newspaperman and author.

** Damon Runyon, American writer ( b. 1880 )

* 1880 – Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician ( d. 1964 )

* 1880 – Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann ( d. 1939 )

* 1999 – Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world's oldest living person ( b. 1880 )

* 1964 – Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer ( b. 1880 )

* 1958 – Charles King, American athlete ( b. 1880 )

* 1802 – Lydia Maria Child, American abolitionist ( d. 1880 )

The rule adopted by a committee for American football in 1880 first provided for the uncontested right of one side to play the ball by foot ( in any direction ) for a scrimmage.

* 1880 – Frank Burke, American baseball player ( d. 1946 )

After briefly closing during the American Civil War, the college continued operating in Northwood until 1880.

Helen Adams Keller ( June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968 ) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer.

George Hearst ( 1820 – 1891 ), American publisher and U. S. senator, entered the newspaper business in 1880, acquiring the San Francisco Daily Examiner.

* John M. Ford ( Shreveport ) ( 1880 – 1965 ), American local-level executive ; city's longest-serving official ; mayor ( 1918 – 1922 ); finance commissioner ( 1930 – 65 )

* John Ford ( American football coach ) ( before 1880 – after 1906 ), college football head coach for Marquette University Golden Eagles in Milwaukee during 1905 and 1906 seasons

* 1880 – Douglas MacArthur, American general and Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1964 )

* 1880 – Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer ( d. 1964 )

* 1880 – Ralph Wilson, American gymnast ( death date unknown )

* 1956 – H. L. Mencken, American journalist ( b. 1880 )

* 1968 – Helen Keller, American author, activist, and lecturer ( b. 1880 )

* 1846 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American actor ( d. 1880 )

* 1948 – Montague Summers, English writer ( b. 1880 )

* 1880 – Waldemar Bonsels, German writer ( d. 1952 )

* 1967 – Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer ( b. 1880 )

* 1880 – Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer ( d. 1932 )

* 1880 – Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer ( d. 1957 )

* 1880 – Grantland Rice, American sports writer ( d. 1954 )

* 1880 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-born American writer and novelist ( d. 1959 )

* 1880 – Andrei Bely, Russian writer ( d. 1934 )

* 1802 – Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and writer ( d. 1880 )

** Sean O ' Casey, Irish writer ( b. 1880 )

* December 21 – Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer ( b. 1880 )

* August 14 – Leonard Woolf, English writer ( b. 1880 )

** Metropolitan Benjamin ( Fedchenkov ), Orthodox missionary and writer, Exarch of Russian Church in North America ( b. 1880 )

* January 29 – H. L. Mencken, American writer ( b. 1880 )

* January 18 – Kathleen Norris, American writer ( b. 1880 )

* January 20 – Gilbert M. ' Broncho Billy ' Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer ( b. 1880 )

* July 14 – Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer ( b. 1880 )

* January 21 – Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer and biographer ( b. 1880 )

* December 9 – Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain, Bangladeshi writer and social worker ( b. 1880 )

* Gustave Flaubert ( 1821 – 1880 ) French writer ( Madame Bovary )