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• Alexandra Vladimirovna Glebova, Moskou († 1967)
• Agnes Maria van Poll, Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Alberta Hazelhoff, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Abraham Pije († 1927)
• Alexander Springer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1880)
• Adriaantje de Goede, Graft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendricus Ingenhoes van Schaik, Rotterdam
• "Curt" Ludwig Hugo Albrecht Riedesel, Schloss Stockhausen, Herbstein, Hessen, Allemagne († 1941)
• Spies, Jutphaas († 1880)
• Abraham Christiaan Dat, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)

• Aaltje Kooijman (1), Charlois Rotterdam
• Watze Hylkes Watzema (2), utingeradeel
• Ann MacLeod (64), Roag, Duirinish, Inverness-shire, Scotland
• Adriaan Andries Oomen (61), Oosterhout
• Alphonse Marie Carolus DEMARET (2), Gent, 44021, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Agnita de Man (23), Tiel
• Adrianus oomen (61)
• Antje van Leeuwen (75), Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Woudstra (29), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Aert (85), Rijsbergen

• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)
• 1883 » Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1885 » Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general († 1947)
• 1886 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic († 1921)
• 1887 » William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland († 1953)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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 April 15, 1880 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.