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• Adrianus Webbe, Velsen († 1952)
• Annie, India († 1962)
• Alida Augusta cornelia Desiere, Oeren, West Vlaanderen, België († 1954)
• Adrianus Antonius van Berkel, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Alberdina van den Nouwland, Haarlem († 1880)
• Adriaan Cornelis Marinus Ernste, Wamel,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1881)
• Berend Willem Koster, Zuidwolde († 1959)
• Antonie Philippus SCHOONDERMARK, Drongelen
• Antonius Edmondus Kersten, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Julius Hankes Drielsma, Sappermeer († 1971)

• Adriana Cretier Creteer (67), Poederoijen
• Anna Maria van der Pas (1), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Edelenbos(ch) (4), Vollenhove, Stad
• Adriana Heijkants (45), Vught, Nederland
• Anna Eliza Barkley Durst [[KBNrWm 68FgcDurstTXBu]]3 (32), Leon County, Texas acc
• Alexander Bosman (37), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Galle (70), Lede
• Abraham Ligtenberg (63), Deventer, Nederland
• Antonie Schreuders (0), Zuilichem
• Aafke Annes van der Meulen

• 1872 » Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper († 1957)
• 1875 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer († 1958)
• 1876 » Saya San, Burmese monk and activist († 1931)
• 1879 » B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer († 1956)
• 1882 » Sybil Thorndike, English actress († 1976)
• 1884 » Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor († 1944)
• 1885 » Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet († 1969)
• 1887 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot († 1917)
• 1887 » Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg († 1969)
• 1891 » Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic († 1961)

• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)

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.
• 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).
• 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.
• September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
• December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

The temperature on October 24, 1880 was about 4.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.