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• Adrianus Cornelissen, Terheijden († 1880)
• Antje de Haan, Amsterdam († 1954)
• Andrew Freeman McIntier, Weston, Franklin County, Idaho, United States of America († 1944)
• AAFJE WILLEMINA DIJKSHOORN, SCHIEBROEK († 1940)
• Afra Schwendemann, Schweighausen Dtsl († 1959)
• Aart Hanekamp, Zuppelt, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1880)
• Adrianus Cornelissen, Terheijden, Noord Brabant († 1880)
• Alvina Anna Gerfers, prob Kendall Co, TX († 1962)
• Adrianus HARMSEN, Klundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND († 1967)
• Adrianus Harmsen, Klundert († 1967)

• Albertus Cornelissen van Blokland (76), Huissen (Lingewaard)
• Adriana Petronella Kuil (0), Schiedam
• Aleida Luberta Bos (86), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius de Jager (1), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloysius Franssen (53)
• Anna Vanhaelemeersch (73), Zwevezele
• Arend van Weerdt (82), breda
• Arend Ruesink (50), Wisch gem. Oude IJsselstreek Gld. NL
• Arend Ruesink (50), Wisch
• Aart Abraham ter Veer (0), Scheveningen

• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)
• 1878 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author († 1956)
• 1880 » Arthur Dove, American painter and educator († 1946)
• 1882 » Albert Bloch, American painter and academic († 1961)
• 1882 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager († 1936)
• 1884 » Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela († 1969)
• 1886 » John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia († 1961)
• 1887 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician († 1960)

• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)

• 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.
• June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
• 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 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.
• November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

The temperature on August 2, 1880 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.