About the day » Friday February 27, 1880Calender converter

• Alva Milo Bull, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States († 1959)
• Adrianus Snoeren, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1880)
• Aalbert Verwoert, Opheusden (GL) The Netherlands († 1978)
• Aaltje Heesen, Zelhem
• Aalbart Verwoert, Kesteren († 1978)
• Adriana Vreugdenhil, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1950)
• Alida Johanna Vaandrager, Schiedam (Kethel &, Spaland)
• Alva H Munshower, Parkerford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1941)
• Aleijda Gerardina Momber, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Adriana Pot, Vlaardingen

• Agnes Francisca NUITTEN (81), Zonnebeke
• Alfred Lord (67), Truro, Cornwall, England, UK
• Albertus Haerlman (52), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• (75), De Wijk, Nederland
• Aartje VAN DEN BOSCH (15), Abcoude-Proostdij
• Adriana Verheul (28), Utrecht
• Abraham Noordhoek (0), Vlaardingen
• Albert Ymes Boonstra (35)
• Anna Maria Roosken (73), Schoonebeek (Dalen)
• Anna Lesman (29), Scheemda

• 1872 » Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania († 1950)
• 1875 » Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon († 1956)
• 1877 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer († 1952)
• 1877 » Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist († 1939)
• 1878 » Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts († 1958)
• 1880 » Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player († 1943)
• 1881 » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic († 1966)
• 1881 » Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland († 1952)
• 1886 » Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician († 1971)
• 1887 » Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer († 1914)

• 1844 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
• June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
• June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
• September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
• November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

The temperature on February 27, 1880 was about 4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.