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• Anna de Vogel, Leiderdorp, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Adriana de Bruin, Hilvarenbeek († 1967)
• alphonse henri DUPREZ, Lille (F-59)
• Albert Goudbeek, Oldebroek († 1904)
• Adriaan Roos, Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Nederland) († 1927)
• Abraham Job Pietersz Oprel, Geervliet († 1888)
• anna gertrudis engelen, helden († 1938)
• Albert Steenhof, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus Sikkelbein, Avereest († 1882)
• Alida Seraphina Dendauw, Sint-Eloois-Winkel († 1956)

• Anna Catharina De Maat (67), Hontenisse,45, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Liefaard (83), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Andries de HAAN (2), Krimpen aan den IJssel (Z.-H.), Neth
• Abraham Oostveen (0), Houten, Utrecht, NL
• Arend van der Knijf (6), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aartje Brascamp (60), Olst
• Arend Hartman (70), Avereest
• Albertus Johannes Hulsman (1), Delft
• Anne Catherine Kleijn (Klijn) (75), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Ariaan Oudejans (59), Beemster

• 1872 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter († 1944)
• 1873 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress († 1959)
• 1875 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1937)
• 1878 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer († 1927)
• 1885 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral († 1971)
• 1885 » Milton Avery, American painter († 1965)
• 1886 » G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist († 1975)
• 1886 » Virginia Pearson, American actress († 1958)
• 1886 » Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist († 1970)
• 1888 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author († 1977)

• 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)
• 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
• 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
• 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)

• 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 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
• 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.
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
• November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

The temperature on March 7, 1880 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.