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• Adriana Johanna Jana Kort de, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Aart van Zanten, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Anna Theadora Gonzaga van Delft, Gemeente Waalwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1968)
• Anna Maria Josepha Coleta Nauwelaerts, Lier, België
• Anna Maria Duquesnoij, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Albert Wever, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1920)
• Antje Kleijn, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Jitske Giliams, Sneek († 1945)
• Anna Geertruida Niersman, Voorschoten († 1881)
• Adriana Voor Endt (Voorendt), IJsselstein

• Adriana de Boo (85), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barteld Bartelds Baas (74), Boijl (Frsl)
• Ann KEIGHLEY (82)
• *Harm Sijbrand van Hoorn (4), Stadskanaal
• Anna Van Mechelen (73), Pulle
• (Stillborn) HAZEKAMP (0), Hornhuizen Groningen Netherlands
• Bartinus Elmers (4), Frederiksoord
• Adriana van der Stad (68), Sommelsdijk
• Anna Theresia Demeulenaere (81), Koolskamp
• Albert Luesink (71), Ruurlo

• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
• 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
• 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)
• 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)
• 1882 » Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator († 1949)
• 1883 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1955)
• 1883 » Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates († 1967)
• 1883 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic († 1950)
• 1886 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye († 1956)
• 1887 » Tim Moore, American actor († 1958)

• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)

• 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 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
• June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
• 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.
• December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

The temperature on December 9, 1880 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.