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• Albert Koerts van der Heide, dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje Kooter, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Alberdina Johanna Warmelink, Deventer († 1880)
• Abel Postema, Weerdingerveen († 1880)
• Abel Postema, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1880)
• Angélique Maria Anna Bensdorp, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1936)
• Anna Geertruida Maria van Burink, Harderwijk
• Adrianus Vane, Bruinisse († 1949)
• Anna Maria Catharina Tillij, Sint-Pieter, Limburg, Nederland († 1936)
• Anna Maria Catharina Tilly, Sint Pieter

• Albert Bal (0), Scheveningen
• Albertus Eggenhuizen (50), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aartje Verwoerd (67), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Marie MEYER (74), Balschwiller, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• * Levenloos kind Baars (0), Renkum, Gelderland, NL
• Antonetta Voorwaldt (61), Delft
• Antje Ruiter (1), Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Eggenhuizen (50), Hees, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albert Bal (0), Scheveningen
• Anna Cornelia van Gastel (53), Zundert (NL)

• 1877 » Edith New, British militant suffragette († 1951)
• 1877 » Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher († 1920)
• 1880 » Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer († 1912)
• 1880 » Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1952)
• 1881 » Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1884 » Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player († 1934)
• 1885 » Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete († 1913)
• 1886 » Princess Patricia of Connaught († 1974)
• 1888 » Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1961)
• 1889 » Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator († 1931)

• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)

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 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• 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 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
• 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.

The temperature on March 17, 1880 was about 1.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.