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• Agatha Anthonia Wagenaar, IJsselmonde,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Nederland
• Alexander Hensels, Maastricht (Borgharen) (Limburg) († 1939)
• Tongerloo van, Johan George, Hellevoetsluis († 1884)
• 'T Lam, Lexmond, Zederik, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1880)
• Aaltje Wibalda, Morra, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Aaltje Haan, Nieuwe-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
• Kalkman, Kralingen
• Alois Henri Bervoet, Woumen
• Aaltje Huitema, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1880)
• Albert Johannes Hardon, Rotterdam

• Adrianus de Rooij (79), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Ludwigsz Wulffers (26), Amsterdam
• Adriana Elisa Adams (75), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alice Eliza Woodburn (75), Charlotte Hall, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
• Anne Catherine Hallemand (45), Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (Brussel, Belgie)
• Albertus Bombeeck (29), Roubaix, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
• Abraham van Egmond (2), Bennebroek
• Aleyda Johanna Lurvink (72)
• Akke Alberts JAGER (45), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina HOLEMANS (45), Hasselt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi

• 1871 » Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar († 1927)
• 1873 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager († 1934)
• 1874 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter († 1939)
• 1876 » Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer († 1945)
• 1882 » Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer († 1971)
• 1882 » Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany († 1934)
• 1883 » Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author († 1966)
• 1884 » Clement Smoot, American golfer († 1963)
• 1886 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier († 1971)
• 1889 » Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)

• 1849 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)
• 1850 » William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
• 1858 » Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
• 1917 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
• 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 April 7, 1880 was about 13.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.