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• Magdalena Francoise, Terneuzen Nederland († 1950)
• Aartje Jansen, Doorn
• Adolf Willem Smit, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Adrianus Petrus Warmerdam, Noordwijkerhout, ZUI, Nederland († 1880)
• Adrianus Rietveld, delft (zuid holland) († 1944)
• Adolf Willem Smit, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Adriana Verschelling, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1956)
• Anna (Roza) Barendse, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Aart Zielhuis, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1880)

• Aleida Gerharda Tuender (29), Hummelo (Bronckhorst), Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Stoelendreijer (39), Loon op Zand
• Adriana Elisabeth Christina Wilhelmina Tromp (60), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Antonie Stoelendreijer (39), Loon op Zand
• (2) Aagje Snip (33), Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Antoinetta Charlotte Hubertina Hermans (52), Venlo,Gemeente Venlo,Limburg,Netherlands
• Antonetta Maria Petronella Naninck (68), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aris Broeder Vuijk (0), Delft
• Aaltjen JANSEN (72), Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Ambt, Langerak
• Albert Jan van Stein Callenfels (34)

• 1869 » Richard Wünsch, German philologist († 1915)
• 1873 » Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician († 1955)
• 1874 » Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist († 1931)
• 1878 » John Masefield, English author and poet († 1967)
• 1879 » Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast († 1956)
• 1882 » Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău († 1940)
• 1887 » Clive Brook, English actor († 1974)
• 1889 » Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher († 1957)
• 1889 » James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1974)
• 1890 » Frank Morgan, American actor († 1949)

• 1841 » David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (b. 1785)
• 1846 » Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
• 1861 » John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
• 1864 » Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
• 1868 » James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
• 1879 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)

• 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.
• May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• 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.
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
• September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
• December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

The temperature on June 1, 1880 was about 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.