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• Anna Cornelia van Tilburg, Halsteren
• Aleida Maria Dolman, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Haeser, Hardinxveld († 1945)
• Albert Stegeman, Ommen († 1957)
• Anna Dimphna Notten, Maarheeze († 1956)
• Aaltje Haëser, Hardinxveld, Hardinxveld-Giessendam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Alida Augusta De Backer
• Anna Elisabeth Countess Of Limburg Stirum, 'S-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1960)
• Anna Elisabeth Gravin Van Limburg Stirum, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Anna Maria van den Broek, Gestel († 1949)

• Angelina Van Schoonlandt (86), St Joris Winge
• Aaltjen Hissink (25), Zelhem
• Annigje Smink (43), Giethoorn
• antoin Antonius Leonardus beckers (75), Montfort
• Antonius CALVIS (79), Ginneken
• Antonie Helmans (39), Echteld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje van Heusden (1), Edam
• Alegonda Johanna Wilhelmenia Arendsst Hein (60)
• Antonie Helmans (39), Ochten
• Aaltje Lambinon (60), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1870 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator († 1949)
• 1872 » Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player († 1906)
• 1875 » Arthur Currie, Canadian general († 1933)
• 1879 » Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation († 1954)
• 1881 » René Cresté, French actor and director († 1922)
• 1886 » Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician († 1937)
• 1886 » Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands († 1968)
• 1886 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author († 1968)
• 1890 » David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic († 1957)
• 1890 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1976)

• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)

• 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 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
• 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.
• 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 5, 1880 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.