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• Adriana Maria Kooijmans (IX-53), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Adam Nicolaas Steijlen, Raamsdonk († 1925)
• Aaltje van IJperen, Mijdrecht {UT} († 1955)
• Adriana Pieternella Kuijpers, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Smeelen, Den Haag, 6000, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1880)
• Alvin R. MILLER
• Adriana de Feijter, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1934)
• Adriana Pieternella Kuipers
• Abraham George Frederik van der Sluijs, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Smeele, 's-Gravenhage († 1880)

• Arend Johannes van den ANCKER (0), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aleida Gras (80), Doesburg
• Antonie Abraham (1) van Haperen (0), Ginneken en Bavel
• Arendina Willemina Geuzendam (43), Rijssen
• Anna Brekelmans (0), Waalwijk
• Adolf Beauprez (0), Klerken
• Albertus Hermanus van Bruggen (58), Kampen
• Alida Antonia Schaefers (1), Nieuwer Amstel
• Mooi, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Aagjen Brandsma (31), Frederiksoord,vledder, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1869 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales († 1921)
• 1869 » Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter († 1945)
• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)
• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Jacoba
15. Geertruida
16. Antje

• 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.
• 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 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
• June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.

The temperature on May 15, 1880 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.