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• Albert Lok, Beilen (Drenthe) († 1904)
• Albert Neumaier († 1947)
• Oostman, Nieuw-Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1880)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth van LUNENBURG, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandrina Geertruide Eleonora Lowe, Vertrouwen, District Nickerie, Suriname († 1952)
• Adrianna (Annie) Pelmulder, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1958)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van Sanders, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1880)
• de Pous, Assendelft († 1880)
• Aaltje Achterberg, Veenendaal († 1966)
• ANNA CATHARINA PYL, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1963)

• Anna Elisabeth Keursten (78), Turnhout (België)
• Oostman (0), Nieuw-Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Suman, Woerden
• Alijda Hienekamp (56), Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Wielink (0), Nieuweroord, Westerbork
• Adriana de Blom (59), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Agatha Katherina REICHERT (51), Fort Laramie,Shelby County,Ohio
• Anna Maria Huistede (0), Ambt Delden (O)
• Alberthus van Benthem (32), De Leeuwte, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Boxmeer (65), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1869 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter († 1946)
• 1872 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 1940)
• 1873 » J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter († 1932)
• 1874 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist († 1929)
• 1875 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library († 1960)
• 1880 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer († 1951)
• 1885 » Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist († 1969)
• 1885 » Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Japanese author († 1976)
• 1886 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot († 1937)
• 1889 » Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank († 1980)

• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
• 1860 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)

• 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.
• January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
• 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.
• 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 May 12, 1880 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.