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• Amand Benedikt De Graef, Moerzeke († 1942)
• Anna Maria van Dijk, Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
• Abeltje Rozema, Odoornerveen, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1940)
• Annetje Roerhorst, Breukelen-Nijenrode, Gemeente Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1954)
• Aletta Maria de Marez Oijens, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1970)
• Abeltje Rozema, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1940)
• Alida Jantina Mulder, Lula, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1882)
• Alexander Hubertus Vananderoye, Alken, België
• Alice Maud Elizabeth SHARP, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, England († 1942)
• Alexander Laquer, Pilis, Pest, Hungary († 1944)

• Aaltje Hessels Miedema (86), Súdwest-Fryslân (Pingjum) (Friesland)
• Alice Maria De Cock (1), Brugge-St Michiels
• Abraham Adrianus Staats (75), Warmond
• Adrianus de Gouw (79), Drunen
• Aafje Olij (36), Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hesselsd Miedema (86), Pingjum, fr.nld
• Abel ANDEWEG (0), Zuid Beijerland
• Alexander Casimir Xavier van Borcke (77), Charlottenburg, Berlijn
• Visser (0)
• Alle Kornelis Lijfering (47), Noordhorn, gem. Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland

• 1876 » 13th Dalai Lama († 1933)
• 1877 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault († 1944)
• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)
• 1880 » John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader († 1969)
• 1881 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress († 1931)
• 1882 » Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1968)
• 1884 » Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author († 1980)
• 1884 » Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general († 1953)
• 1884 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter († 1957)
• 1884 » Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor († 1950)

• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)

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.
• May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
• May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• 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.

The temperature on February 12, 1880 was about 4.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.