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• Alma Clara Caroline Elise Aster, Teterow
• Abraham van Eikenhorst, Putten
• Abraham van Eikenhorst, Putten († 1944)
• Adrianus Leonardus Jacobus HOOGSTRATEN, Naaldwijk
• de Kroon, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriana Elizabeth Dollee, Rotterdam
• Agnes Maria van Tankeren, Breda, Nederland
• Aaltje Glas, St-Maarten († 1950)
• "Jean" Honoré Pierre Ponsar, Dancourt-Popincourt, Somme, France († 1954)
• Adolphus Hubertus Lambrix, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1932)

• Adriana Teeuw (43), Ottoland
• Albert Jans Oudman (82), Niebert, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Achille BRUDER (1), Battenheim (68390, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Annigje Koops Dam (1), Beerzerveld
• Augustus Ludovicus Verheyen (0), Gent
• Beerent Kaspers Telkamp (82), Nieuw-Scheemda
• Adriana Kruik (16), Oostvoorne, prov. Zuid Holland
• (Maria) Neeltje de Haart (70), Houten
• Anna Gezina Schomaker (1), Musselkanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Hurck (63), Stratum

• 1870 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian († 1953)
• 1872 » Stanislav Binički, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. († 1942)
• 1877 » Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1960)
• 1879 » Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet († 1927)
• 1881 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1945)
• 1882 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company († 1965)
• 1886 » Ernst May, German architect and urban planner († 1970)
• 1889 » Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress († 1972)
• 1890 » Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter († 1976)
• 1890 » Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor († 1976)

• 1841 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)
• 1844 » John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)
• 1863 » William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1865 » Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
• 1875 » Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845)
• 1876 » Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813)
• 1916 » Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)
• 1916 » William Jonas, English footballer († 1890)
• 1917 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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.
• 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 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
• 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.
• September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
• 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.

The temperature on July 27, 1880 was about 16.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.