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• * Teunis Gortenmulder, Mijdrecht († 1951)
• Alida Petronella Heemskerk, Haarlem, NHO, Nederland
• Adriana Gerarda Mens, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Anje Geerts SLOTEMA, Houwerzijl (Ulrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1901)
• Albert Bekelaar, Westerbork († 1885)
• Alydia Brethouwer, Holland Township, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin († 1950)
• Adrianus Josephus Elshout, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Andries Christoffel Marais († 1935)
• Aafje Ooms, Avenhorn († 1957)
• Aaltje Weijenberg, Elburg († 1965)

• Schoels (0), Diepenbeek (B)
• Arij Mooij (0), Vlaardinger-Ambacht, Vlaardngen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Boxma (5), Smilde,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert - Jans - Rijkeboer (75), Meppel
• Anna Catharina Heij (76), Charlois
• Adriana van Soest (59), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• - le Comte (0), Rotterdam, Z-H, NL
• Anthonie Pladdet (0), Hoek, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Arend KOOPMAN (0), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Provincie Overijssel,Nederland
• Anna Klijnveld (45), Amsterdam

• 1874 » Clarence Day, American author and poet († 1935)
• 1876 » Victor Hémery, French race car driver († 1950)
• 1880 » Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall († 1952)
• 1882 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano († 1963)
• 1882 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist († 1959)
• 1882 » Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1882 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic († 1957)
• 1883 » Carl Vinson, American judge and politician († 1981)
• 1886 » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1967)
• 1888 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist († 1973)

• 1830 » Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
• 1841 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)
• 1852 » Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)

• 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.
• 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).
• June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
• September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
• December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

The temperature on November 18, 1880 was about 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.