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• Anna Maria Ramaekers, Veulen, België († 1947)
• Adriana Cathalina Schoonen, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1880)
• Albertus Hendrikus Cornelis Baptist de Bruijn, Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1880)
• Adonia Vercaemer, Zarren
• Jetske Boomsma, Heeg († 1892)
• Akke de Vries, Hardegarijp (gem. Tytsjerksteradeel) († 1966)
• Agnes van Diemen, Aalsmeer († 1949)
• Adrianus Ferdinandus HAEST, Turnhout,2300,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1880)
• Akke Annes de Vries, Hardegarijp († 1966)
• Jacobs, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1933)

• Berend RIETMAN (1), Den Ham Overijssel Netherlands
• Adélaïde Joseph POREZ (75), Saméon,59310,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Aalbert Windhouwer (54), Wormerveer
• Anna Burger (1)
• Bernardus Dirksz Nierop (0), Alkmaar
• Abram David (56), Kepno, Wlkp., Poland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth* Hopster (42), Gronau
• anna maria craanen (74), helden
• Bartholomeus Scholte (40), Schiedam,-
• Albert Nikolai Pedersen (23), Værøy, Lofoten, Nordland, Norge

• 1870 » Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor († 1954)
• 1871 » Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1937)
• 1872 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer († 1938)
• 1879 » Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player († 1962)
• 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
• 1882 » Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer († 1956)
• 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)
• 1885 » Ring Lardner, American journalist and author († 1933)
• 1886 » Jam Handy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1983)
• 1886 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian († 1971)

• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)
• 1919 » Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)

• 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 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
• 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.
• 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 March 6, 1880 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.