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• Aleda Claus, Groesbeek († 1881)
• Aartje BRAND, Dubbeldam
• Abraham van Schaik, Loenen, Nederland
• Adrianus Christianus Dessing, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1880)
• Aaltje Pieters Volkers, Anna Paulowna, Nederland († 1903)
• Adam Wald, Groningen († 1880)
• Alida Debou, Koekelare,8680,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1904)
• Alida Petronella Brederoo, Naaldwijk
• Agnes Josephine Burke, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia († 1965)
• Alida Philippina ZUIJDAM, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

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• Antonio Corrêa Pontedeiro, Brasil
• Barbara Cecilia VERCRUYSSE, Pittem Belgie
• Bastiaan Brandwijk (71), Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen
• Aukje Booij (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Stoop (29), Roosendaal en Nispen
• van Laar (0), Rhenen
• Antje van Wijk (1), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Andries Zuiderveld (68), Zevenhuizen, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anneta Dieuwina Kingma (18), Visvliet (Grijpskerk)

• 1871 » William Henry Davies, Welsh poet and writer (d.1940)
• 1874 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1928)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon and academic († 1951)
• 1876 » Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic († 1957)
• 1878 » George M. Cohan, American songwriter, actor, singer, and dancer († 1942)
• 1879 » Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1880 » Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor († 1967)
• 1883 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian author († 1924)
• 1886 » Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines († 1969)
• 1888 » Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish author and playwright († 1963)

• 1863 » George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)
• 1863 » Little Crow, American tribal leader (b. 1810)
• 1881 » Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Clay Allison, American rancher (b. 1841)
• 1888 » Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
• 1904 » Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1908 » Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1844)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

The temperature on July 3, 1880 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.