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Born on Wednesday August 18, 1880
- Adriana Maria van Kleef, Rotterdam
- Adolf Ephraim, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
- Aart Blonk, Lekkerkerk († 1880)
- Alexie Marie Vermont, Beselare
- Angelica Augusta Meerschaert, Gent († 1880)
- Aaltje Kat, Ferrysburg,Ottawa County,Michigan,United States († 1965)
- Abraham Zeger van SETERS, Stellendam,, Pays-Bas
- Andries van Embden, Amsterdam († 1942)
- Alexander Barend van LEER, Amsterdam († 1952)
- Aloysius Dekeirel, Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België
Died on Wednesday August 18, 1880
- Antonia Niessen (7), Zevenbergen
- Annetje Hartevelt (21), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arij Pietersz van der Jagt (0), in Barendrecht, eiland IJsselmonde, ZH., NL
- Arie de Gruijter (0), Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Catharina Nuyts (81), Tielen
- Alida Helena Hendrina van Neck (39), Baarn
- Bruna Jager (40), Ulrum
- Catharina Maria de VRIES (0), Antwerpen
- Antje Looper (31), Haskerland
- Anna Cornelia Woestenborg (1), Tilburg, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 18, 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
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Leeuwarder courant
- Soerabaijasch handelsblad
Born on August 18
- 1863 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter († 1930)
- 1869 » Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator († 1959)
- 1870 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer († 1918)
- 1879 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general († 1970)
- 1885 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic († 1964)
- 1887 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining († 1957)
- 1890 » Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics († 1960)
- 1893 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
- 1893 » Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer († 1973)
- 1896 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor and director († 1933)
Died on August 18
- 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
- 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
- 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
- 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
- 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
- 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
- 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
- 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
- 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
- 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
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.
- February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
- 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.
- 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 weather on Wednesday August 18, 1880
The temperature on August 18, 1880 was about 18.7 °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 83%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI