About the day » Monday May 17, 1880Calender converter

• Aaltje Koops Mast, Luinjeberd, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1965)
• Agatha Maria Elink Schuurman, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1960)
• aart TROOST, pernis († 1930)
• Albertus Leonardus Driessen, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adrianus van Bavel, Ginneken en Bavel († 1961)
• Agathe Maria Elink Schuurman, Rotterdam († 1960)
• Alt Hendriks Liemburg, Gersloot, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland († 1929)
• Anette Geziena (Netty) Platerink, Tubbergen († 1937)
• Aagje Kortlever, Meerkerk
• Alt Hendriks Liemburg, Gersloot († 1929)

• Arend Spijkerman (7), Middelveen (gem. De Wolden)
• Aleida Maria Peters (87), Arnhem
• Antje Jacobs Koorn (32), Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Sparreboom (38), Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta Bertha Mai (2), Hardheim, Buchen, Baden, Germany
• Bouke Vogelpoel (0), Beusichem (Buren) (GL)
• Aloysius Willebrordus van Beukering (1), Leiden
• Adriana Maria de Kort (42), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Adriana Scheuerman (16), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Jans Westra (74), Ternaard

• 1870 » Newton Moore, Australian politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist († 1957)
• 1873 » Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist († 1935)
• 1874 » George Sheldon, American diver († 1907)
• 1882 » Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter († 1965)
• 1886 » Alfonso XIII of Spain, Spanish monarch († 1941)
• 1888 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer († 1965)
• 1889 » Alfonso Reyes, Mexican author († 1959)
• 1889 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer († 1946)
• 1891 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and politician († 1957)

• 1868 » Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b. 1834)
• 1875 » John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (b. 1821)
• 1879 » Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)

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.
• February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
• May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
• May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
• 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 May 17, 1880 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.