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• Adolphus Joannes Baptista VOS, Mechelen,2800,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Albert Weckner, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Adrianus Voogt, Klundert, Nederland
• Aalbert Delwel, Rotterdam († 1880)
• Adrianus Antonius Johanna Maria Roovers, Waspik († 1959)
• Alida Lunstroo, Ouder-Amstel († 1972)
• Alberdina Bos, Amsterdam († 1920)
• Aaltje Kozijn
• Abraham Cornelis Meerburg, Leiden († 1880)
• Aaltje Dijkstra, Dantumawoude, Friesland, Nederland († 1953)

• Kraak (0), Charlois
• adriana SIMON (69), fijnaart
• Aaltje ten Have (61), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Pieternella Merkx (5), Culemborg,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagtje Berents Kool (55), Godlinze, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Vroegop (39), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aagtje Kool (55), Bierum, Godlinze
• Anna Hannah McFarland (90), Fairfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania
• Geertruida Wekema (47), Peize
• Aaltje Linthorst (40), Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Netherlands(Oosteinde)

• 1868 » Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic († 1956)
• 1870 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge († 1938)
• 1870 » Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa († 1950)
• 1874 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine († 1878)
• 1875 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1961)
• 1878 » Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer († 1972)
• 1879 » H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups († 1956)
• 1886 » Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1979)
• 1887 » Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1891 » William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar († 1971)

• 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)

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.
• 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.
• June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
• 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.

The temperature on May 24, 1880 was about 14.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.