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• Albert Brouwer († 1941)
• Adriana Cornelia Henderson, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Aafke Vonk, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1980)
• Aaltje Zwak, Vriezenveen († 1920)
• * Petronella Heiligers, schiedam († 1932)
• Aaltje Koldewe, Eefde († 1934)
• Aalt Aalten, Putten († 1964)
• Adriaan Bons, Bleskensgraaf, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bakker, Giethoorn († 1881)
• Albert Jan Altena, Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1880)

• Adriaan Broere (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anneus Becker (0), Terwolde (Voorst)
• Antje van Tol (68), Wassenaar
• Antje Idzes Hofstra (44), Duurswoude
• Aaltjen Sligman (53), Markelo
• Anne Cross (86), United States
• Aart Vogelaar (0)
• Antje Idskes Hofstra (44), Duurswoude
• Adriaan Broere (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Antje Veenstra (13), Smallingerland

• 1867 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1925)
• 1875 » Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter († 1951)
• 1880 » Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee († 1972)
• 1881 » George E. Wiley, American cyclist († 1954)
• 1882 » Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet († 1960)
• 1885 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor († 1969)
• 1889 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel († 1943)
• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)

• 1840 » Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)
• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)

• 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.
• May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• 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).
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
• November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

The temperature on May 7, 1880 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.