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• Anna Geertje Beukenkamp, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Leeuwenburg, Kijfhoek († 1940)
• Abner Hilts, Egremont Township,Ontario († 1971)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Witteman, Leiden († 1881)
• Aaltje Sjoerds van der Galiën, Akkerwoude († 1928)
• Adriana van den Berg, Valkenswaard
• Alphonse Hoornaert, Woumen († 1953)
• Adrianus Bode, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1881)
• Aloise Mortier, Merkem,West-Vlaandere,België
• Alfred Richard Samuel Brahm, Nickerie, Suriname

• Anna Homan (65), Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Teensma, schiermonnikoog
• Anna Klazes Homan (65), Oldekerk
• Fresen (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hanekamp (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Strijbosch (37)
• Adriana Sinke (72), Heinkenszand
• Adriana Sinke (72), Borssele (Heinkenszand) (Zeeland)
• Aalbertha Christina Budding (0), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Frederika Graaf de (14), Utrecht, Utr, Nederland

• 1866 » Kazys Grinius, Lithuanian physician and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania († 1950)
• 1873 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic († 1939)
• 1874 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada († 1950)
• 1881 » Aubrey Faulkner, South African-English cricketer and coach († 1930)
• 1884 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer († 1976)
• 1887 » Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator († 1957)
• 1890 » Prince Joachim of Prussia († 1920)
• 1892 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach († 1950)
• 1893 » Charles C. Banks, English captain and pilot († 1971)
• 1893 » Erwin Piscator, German director and producer († 1966)

• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)

• 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.
• May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• 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".
• September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

The temperature on December 17, 1880 was about -2.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.