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• Anna-Maria van den Berg, Hillegom († 1941)
• Passenier, Domburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1880)
• Adrianus van Gorkum, Sint Oedenrode
• Anna Maria Catharina Gigengack, Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Maria Catharina Gigengack, Rijssen († 1937)
• Anne Sijbes Lange, Banjoemas, Ned Indie
• Anna Hendrica Maria Haagen, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriana Willempje van Krimpen, Haarlemmermeer (NH NL)
• Adriana Lucina Sint Nicolaas, `s-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Anna Magdalena PRETORIUS

• Alida Blokland (0), Wijngaarden
• Adriana Donze (73), Hoek
• * Sander van den Berg (2), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Antoon ROELOFSEN (78), Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Heijboer (3), Oud Vossemeer
• Akke Zoethout (62), Amsterdam
• Lucia Zijlmans (71), Waalwijk
• Annechiena Henderieka Steenge (1), Nieuw Amsterdam(Emmen)
• Aaldrik Raatjes (1), Bellingwolde-Bellingwedde(Gr)
• Albertus de Bruijn (0), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)
• 1876 » Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1913)
• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)
• 1890 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director († 1975)

• 1822 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:

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.
• January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
• 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 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".
• July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.

The temperature on October 16, 1880 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.