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• Adriana Elisabeth Sandee, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriana de Bijl, Kessel († 1974)
• Agnes Constantia Cornelia Maria van Gorp, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Adrianus Simon Johannes Groenewegen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Adriana Elisabeth Zeeuw
• Andries Wendt, Hattem († 1883)
• Alida Kok, Harmelen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriana Jacoba Vrolijk, Scheveningen
• Alida Kok, Harmelen († 1885)
• Alberdina Bijkerk, Verlaat (Steenwijkerwold) († 1882)

• Antonij Jakobus Marinus Timmerman (93)
• Christiaan Mink (59), Steenwijksmoer, Coevorden
• Amelie Constance Cornelia, Cailliau (52), Poperinge, 8970, Ieper, West Vlaanderen
• Abraham SMIT (65), Sint-Pancras, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Timmers (69)
• Christina van Lien (0), Nieuwenhoorn
• Alle de Haas (0), Varsenerveld
• Cornelia Maas (76), Zevenbergen
• Charlotta McBride (77), Putnam, Tennessee, United States
• adriaan TIMMERS (69), Veghel

• 1875 » Émile Wegelin, French rower († 1962)
• 1877 » Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic († 1979)
• 1879 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet († 1941)
• 1879 » Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1952)
• 1880 » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator († 1939)
• 1881 » Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic († 1946)
• 1882 » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1961)
• 1883 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and producer († 1945)
• 1885 » Paul Manship, American sculptor († 1966)
• 1886 » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer († 1962)

• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)

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.
• February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
• May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on December 24, 1880 was about 8.4 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.