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• * Leendert Nederlof, Sliedrecht († 1972)
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• Adriana Brobbel, Vlaardingen
• Adriana Petronella Kloppenburg, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Aletta Maria de Kruijf, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1936)
• Helena Margaretha Koppers, Tegelen
• Alice Katherine Sibell Grosvenor († 1948)
• Aaltje de Vries, Rotsterhaule, Friesland, Nederland
• * Hendrikus Valentijn, Driel, Gelderland, NL († 1881)
• Aaltje Van Den Berg, Rhenen,Utrecht,Nederland († 1949)

• Anna Maria van der Heiden, Hof van Delft
• Adriana Agterdenbos (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Barbant, Nederland
• Aalbert Hendriks Brouwer (83), Barneveld
• Arida Colijn (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Jans de Maar (75), Kantens, Nederland
• Anthonij Sies (0), Zierikzee Zeeland Nederland
• Anna Maria IJben (30), Delfstrahuizen (Schoterland)
• Albert van DIJK (0), Diemen
• Adriana Agterdenbos (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baldina Cornelia Lekkerkerker (4), (UT) Benschop

• 1874 » Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist († 1940)
• 1875 » Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer († 1959)
• 1876 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author († 1957)
• 1876 » Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician († 1952)
• 1877 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1962)
• 1877 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician († 1958)
• 1877 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic († 1963)
• 1878 » Walter Steinbeck, German actor († 1942)
• 1884 » Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 1951)
• 1886 » Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1977)

• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on September 26, 1880 was about 14.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.