1880

Centuries:	18th century 19th century 20th century
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years:	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1880 (Events)

1880 was a leap year of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year of the Julian calendar, the 1880th year of the Common Era (CE), 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. 1880 corresponds to the years 36–37 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Mishkín-Qalam.

Events

• Some Zoroastrians become Bahá'ís in Persia, the first of their religion to do so.
• June 18: Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá visit the Druze village of Yirkih (Yerka).
• August 15: Mishkín-Qalam petitions the Commissioner of Cyprus, asking to be released.

References

• https://bahai-library.com/chronology/188-