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• Anthonij Jongman, Geldermalsen († 1880)
• Abraham Melkman, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Petronella Faken, Kerkenveld († 1881)
• Anna Maria RIBBENS, Roosendaal († 1949)
• Alletta Mulder, Groningen (Groningen)
• Adriana Los, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Klappe, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart van Duinen, Zwijndrecht († 1945)
• Anna Maria Getruda Leonie Gorter, Oud-Vroenhoven († 1880)
• Adriaan Jan Hendrik Smeltzer, Lobith, Gelderland, Nederland

• Abraham Kelvink (0), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aimé Marie Charles de Paris de Treffons (85)
• Anna Cecilia Noë (46), Haarlem
• Adriaan Reneman (1), Groningen
• Adriana Maria van Gorp (63), Udenhout
• Alexander Ricquier (0), Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Adriaan van Balkom (37), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriana Maria Quist (8), Gemeente Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Theodora Olsthoorn (0), Stompwijk
• Angeline Steinbarger (66), Hancock County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1863 » Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden († 1955)
• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)
• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)
• 1895 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited († 1974)

• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Jacoba
15. Geertruida
16. Antje

• 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.
• February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
• May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
• June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
• June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
• December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

The temperature on January 7, 1880 was about -0.3 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.