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• "Maximilian" Joseph Wilhelm Emanuel Michael Aloysius Johannes Maria Hubertus von Merveldt, Freckenhorst, Warendorf, Allemagne († 1914)
• Adriana Maria Verhoeven, Baardwijk († 1926)
• Alida Dirkje van Dien, Abcoude-Proosdij
• Adriana Maria Schenk, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 1957)
• Abigail Samuel Winkel, Den Haag († 1915)
• Assendelft 505
• Alida van der Ent, Rhoon
• Anna Barbara Margaretha Foppen, Amsterdam († 1882)
• Addie A. Liles, Solomon, Dickinson County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1897)
• Adriana Mertens, Halsteren, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1957)

• Absalom Hobbs (73), Tipton, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Aalbregt Vette (2), Borssele
• Agnes Kalf (50)
• Adriana Maria van den Heuvel (0), Nieuwkoop en Noorden
• Adriana van de Pol (45), Ede
• Adriana van de Pol (45), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Mintjes Oord (0), Nijehaske, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Annes Posthumus (34)
• Arend Harms Zoer (77), De Wetering (De Wijk) 38
• Ambrosius Maria Wurth (0), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1866 » Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1943)
• 1873 » Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator († 1897)
• 1877 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1956)
• 1878 » Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop († 1961)
• 1878 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat († 1920)
• 1878 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria († 1963)
• 1884 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic († 1970)
• 1892 » Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director († 1965)
• 1894 » Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author († 1939)

• 1834 » Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)
• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (b. 1867)

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.
• January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
• May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
• 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 September 2, 1880 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.