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Born on Monday August 16, 1880
- Adam Ditmar, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
- ?? Pronk, Den Haag († 1880)
- Adrianus Bijland, Boskoop († 1964)
- Alice Eveline Louise Marie Anne Valentine Sterckx, Sint Agatha-Berchem / Berchem-Saint-Agathe, België
- Adrianus Cornelissen, Cuijk en St Agatha († 1959)
- Alberta Jacoba Sprong, Heukelum (West Betuwe), Gelderland, Nederland
- Abraham Kets de Vries, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana Jacoba Zondervan, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
- Adriana Jacoba Zondervan, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
- Aart van Ee, Tienhoven, Stichtse Vecht († 1898)
Died on Monday August 16, 1880
- Catharina Maria Kok (17), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Augustin Droeshaut (73), Dikkelvenne
- Carolus Edmundus Dams (6), Olen, België
- Ariaantje Brandwijk (48), Sliedrecht
- Ariaantje Brandwijk (48)
- Berend Rietberg (1), Heerde (buurtschap de Werven)
- Catharina Maria Verhulst (0), Raamsdonk
- Adriaan Vrijenhoek (78), Krimoen aan de Lek
- Andreas Hubert Linssen (39), Horn, Limburg, Nederland
- Anna Maria Nelissen (74), Susteren
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 16, 1880 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De standaard
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Leeuwarder courant
- Soerabaijasch handelsblad
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
Born on August 16
- 1868 » Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications († 1955)
- 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)
- 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
- 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
- 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
- 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
- 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
- 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
- 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
- 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
Died on August 16
- 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
- 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
- 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
- 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
- 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
- 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
- 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
- 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
- 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
- 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
Names that were popular for boys in 1880
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Joseph
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1880
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1880
- 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.
- June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
- June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
- June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
- 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.
- December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
The weather on Monday August 16, 1880
The temperature on August 16, 1880 was about 24.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI