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Born on Wednesday December 8, 1880
- Albert Oost, Exloerveen († 1881)
- Albertien Jakobs Kolk, Nijstad Kerspel Suydwolde
- Alida Zilver, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
- Aberta Hendrika Bekhuis, Uelsen (Pruisen)
- († 1943)
- Allegonda Maria van de Laarschot, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Agnes Maria VAN DEN BERG, Katwijk
- Albert Kempers, Stad Doetinchem (Doetinchem) († 1881)
- Allegonda Maria van de Laarschot, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1962)
- Agnes Maria van den Berg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Wednesday December 8, 1880
- Catharina Henrietta Adriana Van Cattenburgh (88), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
- Arie Andeweg (0), Nieuwenhoorn
- Catharina Henrietta Adriana Van Cattenburgh (88), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
- Anna Maria Hermans (36), Maasbree
- Angenietje Pietersdr. Vieleers (79), Delft
- Angenieta Vieleers (79), Delft
- Berend van Duuren (40), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
- van Loon, Tilburg
- Catharina Alida Josephina Angenent (55), Soerabaja (Ned.-Ind.)
- Agatha Johanna Geertruida Dekker (24)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 8, 1880 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Tilburgsche courant
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De standaard
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Leeuwarder courant
Born on December 8
- 1874 » Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician († 1951)
- 1875 » Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter († 1925)
- 1877 » Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer († 1944)
- 1880 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist († 1973)
- 1881 » Albert Gleizes, French painter († 1953)
- 1884 » Francis Balfour, English colonel and politician († 1965)
- 1886 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator († 1957)
- 1890 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer († 1959)
- 1892 » Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic († 1938)
- 1894 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye († 1938)
Died on December 8
- 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
- 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
- 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
- 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
- 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
- 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
- 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
- 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
- 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
- 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
Names that were popular for boys in 1880
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Joseph
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1880
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 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.
- February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
- May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
- June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
- 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 weather on Wednesday December 8, 1880
The temperature on December 8, 1880 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI