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• Hanekamp, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1880)
• Aafje Balder, Hoofddorp
• Adriana Maria Kommers, Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Alice Dekker, Chicago, VS († 1964)
• Aafje Schollee, Nieuwe Niedorp, Nederland († 1901)
• Weering, Oude Pekela gemeente Pekela Groningen († 1880)
• Ada Dialpha Kittrell Floyd [KB 0 Mm], Morgan County, Tennessee acc († 1909)
• Elisabeth Berkler, Ludwigshafen (Dld) († 1944)
• Anna Cordelia "Annie" Wise, White, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1964)
• Aaltje Makkinga, Varsen († 1963)

• Aart van der Horst (76), Harderwijk
• Abel Harmannus Wester (0), Oudezijl, Nieuweschans
• Aaltje Jans Vredeveld (48), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Antonia van Ginkel (71), Utrecht
• Adrianus Hendricus Johannes Wolf (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaltien Remmelts ARENDS (78), Dalen,, NEDERLAND
• Aaltje Vredeveld (48), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Hanekamp (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Goossens (56), Etten
• Adriana Antje Wijmans (0), Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)
• 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)
• 1887 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic († 1947)
• 1888 » Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1969)
• 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
• 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
• 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)

• 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.
• 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 February 17, 1880 was about 8.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.