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• Aaltje Mijnheer, Nieuwleusen († 1940)
• Albert Pasman, Holterne († 1928)
• adriana van de REE, puttershoek († 1922)
• Aaltje DE RUITER, Middelstum († 1933)
• Vogel, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hutter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1880)
• Adriana Johanna Zahradnik, Amsterdam († 1968)
• Adriana Apolonia Pieterse, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ana Junqueira Garcia († 1956)
• Aielt Herman Weaver, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1950)

• Adrianus van Gaalen (46), Charlois-Rotterdam
• Albert Roelofs Smit (7), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Nijstad)
• Arie Visser (59), Sliedrecht
• Anthonie Van Hilten (46), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Beek (0), Lieshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba van der Valk (1), Zierikzee
• Aartje van Velsen (62), Amersfoort
• Antje Klazes de Hey (61), Eernewoude, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonij van Hilten (46), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Oebeles van der Veer (51), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)
• 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• 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.
• November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
• December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

The temperature on February 28, 1880 was about 6.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.