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• Anne Adèle Marie Suzanne d'André, Paris († 1967)
• Adriaan Leendert van 't Hof, Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Adamina Adriana Kort de, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Dirk Lodewijk Oostinjen, Utrecht († 1947)
• AALTJE WESTERINK, Apeldoorn († 1918)
• Adrianus Jacobus Dofferhoff, Monster
• Adrianus Jacobus Dofferhof, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Zandbergen, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1916)
• van Gogh, Leiderdorp († 1977)
• de Vos, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1880)

• de Vos (0), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij Erven (74), Oirschot
• Anna Elisabeth Luijckx (80), Arendonk
• (Marie) Gabrielle LEMOINE de BLANGERMONT (28), Sarcus, Oise (60), Picardie, FRANCE
• Adriana (Jaantje) de Stigter (71), Leerdam, Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Kooi (53), Sibculo
• * Antonius Hermanus Baars (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, NL
• Adriana van de Linden (50), Noordwijk
• Alsey A Adamson (42), Mexia, Limestone, Texas, United States
• Andries Stieltjes (68), Hoogkarspel

• 1878 » Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author († 1942)
• 1881 » Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology († 1966)
• 1882 » Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher († 1967)
• 1884 » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1967)
• 1886 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author († 1954)
• 1887 » Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1888 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic († 1950)
• 1888 » Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1889 » James Whale, English director († 1957)
• 1890 » Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist († 1995)

• 1864 » James B. McPherson, American general (b. 1828)
• 1869 » John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (b. 1806)
• 1902 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1810)
• 1904 » Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1906 » William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1915 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)
• 1916 » James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (b. 1849)
• 1918 » Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (b. 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 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
• November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
• December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

The temperature on July 22, 1880 was about 20.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.