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• Albert de Maeijer, Koewacht, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Raaij, Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolphine JONCKERS, Nodebais,1320,Brabant Wallons,Bra, België († 1951)
• Adriana Van OS, Puttershoek
• Gijsbertus Antonius Kiboom, Raamsdonkveer
• Akke Sjoerdsd Visser
• Assendelft 115A
• Adriaan Willem Mosselmans, Bergen op Zoom,Gemeente Bergen op Zoom,North Brabant,Netherlands,huis Ruytershove († 1956)
• Adriana Kampert (Campert), Nootdorp († 1881)
• Adriana van Os, PUTTERSHOEK (Hoeksche Waard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anthonie Burggraaf (52), (UT) Woerden
• Anna Elisabetha Dekkers (0), Rotterdam
• Amelia Hillewaere, Dadizele (Belgie)
• Anna Maria VAN BELLEN (75), Stoppeldijk
• * Jannetje Maria Zegwaart (30), Rotterdam
• Aart Mor Bolderman (16), Ede, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Teering (0), Doesburg, Nederland
• Deijkers (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Barbara Theresia Everaert (71), Aardenburg
• Adriaantje van Dijck (61), Mierlo

• 1875 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator († 1955)
• 1878 » Francis A. Nixon, American businessman († 1956)
• 1879 » Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player († 1965)
• 1879 » Charles Hutchison, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1879 » Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 1970)
• 1879 » Kafū Nagai, Japanese author and playwright († 1959)
• 1880 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1883 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor († 1945)
• 1884 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India († 1963)
• 1884 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1965)

• 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
• 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)

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.
• 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".
• 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 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 3, 1880 was about 2.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.