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• Aaltje Wobben, Alteveer, Hoogeveen († 1918)
• Aaltje Boerma, Annerveensekanaal (Anloo) († 1957)
• Adriana Frederika Ameln, Kediri, Java, Indonesië († 1921)
• Adolphus Ludovicus Hageman, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• * Johannes Adrianus (1) Baars, Veldhuizen, Gem. Westerveld, Drenthe, NL († 1880)
• Agnes Waller, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1881)
• Adriana Johanna Stempher, Deventer († 1948)
• Adriana Maria van der Voort, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Adriana Petronella van der Geest, Warmond, ZUI, Nederland († 1880)
• Aaron Louis de Jong, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Allechin van der Ploeg (3), Grijpskerk, NL-GR
• (Stillborn) BROERSMA (0), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Scheele, Zaamslag Nederland
• Andries Tip (1), Gerritshoek (Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel)
• Alida Maria Drost (32), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gebhart (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Schilder (12), Volendam
• ANNE CATHERINE JOSEPHE MENDES (79), Antwerpen
• Albertus Schovers (1), Rijssen
• Anna Maria Schoe (0), Gorinchem

• 1871 » John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1909)
• 1874 » Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general († 1936)
• 1878 » R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer († 1914)
• 1882 » Seth Bingham, American organist and composer († 1972)
• 1884 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician († 1963)
• 1885 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator († 1960)
• 1886 » Ernst Thälmann, German politician († 1944)
• 1886 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower († 1957)
• 1888 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1889 » Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 1977)

• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)

• 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.
• February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
• 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 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 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 16, 1880 was about 14.5 °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 81%.