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• Adriana Wouterina van Dongen, 's Gravenmoer († 1880)
• Adriaan Kraaijeveld, Sliedrecht († 1946)
• Adriaan Hoogerheide, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1956)
• Annigje Hartog, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Amanda Frances STROUD, Pulaski County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1969)
• Anna Albers, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1880)
• Abraham Markus, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Adrianus Henricus Smulders, Tilburg († 1929)
• Hendrik Spek, Zoeterwoude
• Allardus Ringersma, Wirdum († 1880)

• Anna Wentholt (50), Huissen
• Arentje Arendsdr Keur (68), Zandvoort
• Antje Suzanna Blankert (1), Axel
• Anton Wilhelm Zeppenfeldt (49), Curaçao, Nederlandse Antillen
• Antonius Peerenboom (102.2.1.3.3) (0), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Graaf (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Ludwig Boyer (76), Elm, Camden, New Jersey, United States
• Adriana van Gent (2), Veghel (NB NL)
• Adrianus Verstijnen (0), Besoijen
• (Stillbirth) ROZEMA (0), Noordhorn, Zuidhorn

• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)
• 1888 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company († 1942)
• 1890 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer († 1968)
• 1890 » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist († 1979)
• 1893 » Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic († 1978)
• 1895 » Richard Cushing, American cardinal († 1970)

• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
• December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

The temperature on August 24, 1880 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.