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• Anna Helena Hansen, Holsmbu, Akerhus, Norway († 1952)
• Anna Helena Enthoven, Monster, Nederland († 1880)
• Bardeus Pors, oud-beijerland (zuid holland) († 1953)
• Adonis Blariaux, Paturages,, Hainaut, Belgique
• Abraham Marinus van Oosten, Colijnsplaat († 1880)
• Abraham Ripperdan Shaw, Kentucky († 1963)
• Anne Simons Tolsma († 1881)
• Aagje Dorsman, Brielle
• Asse Assies, Oldekerk
• Anna Sons, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Aaltje Dijkstra (0), Emmen
• Albert Dunning (37), Gemeente Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Antoinetta Geertruida Maria Westers (0)
• Aagje Achtenbaght (55), Westmaas (55jr)
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• Antje Klazes Otter (39), Doniawerstal, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Dijkstra (0), Weerdingermarke (Emmen)
• Alice Maria D'Hondt (0), Moerzeke,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Albert Dunning (37), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Heymans (82), Brecht

• 1873 » Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist († 1938)
• 1879 » Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal († 1970)
• 1880 » Ludwig Beck, German general († 1944)
• 1881 » Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist († 1959)
• 1881 » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent († 1929)
• 1882 » Franz Seldte, German captain and politician, Reich Minister for Labour († 1947)
• 1882 » Henry Hawtrey, English runner († 1961)
• 1886 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1963)
• 1888 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster († 1927)
• 1889 » Willie Macfarlane, Scottish-American golfer († 1961)

• 1852 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (b. 1777)
• 1853 » Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1855 » John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803)
• 1860 » Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (b. 1793)
• 1861 » Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (b. 1806)
• 1873 » Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1875 » Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
• 1895 » Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1837)

• 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 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.
• 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 June 29, 1880 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.