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• Agnes Maragaretha Swart, Oosterwijtwerd, Nederland († 1953)
• , Alphen en Riel, Nederland († 1927)
• Albert Tophoven, Djokjakarta
• Aleida Evers, Arnhem, Netherlands († 1880)
• Adrianus van Rijsewijk, Helvoirt († 1967)
• Aleida Christina Frowijn, Nieuwleusen († 1954)
• Agnes Margaretha Swart, Oosterwijtwerd († 1953)
• Agnes Cool, Maastricht († 1938)
• Hoogduin, Den Haag († 1880)
• Bremer, Hoogeveen († 1964)

• Adriana Wilhelmina Biemans (78), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Zundert (van Sundert) (63), Rijsbergen
• Carl Volraad van Weeren (32), Amsterdam
• Antje Vijfhuizen (0), Rotterdam
• Ariaantje Brandwijk (48)
• Aafke Elias Rijpstra (72), Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Hoogduin (0), Den Haag
• Andreas Hubert Linssen (39), Horn, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Verhulst (0), Raamsdonk
• Antonia von Spee (0), D�sseldorf, Germany

• 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)

• 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)

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.
• 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.

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%.