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• Adrianus Marinus van der Wal, Vught († 1931)
• Agnes Elizabeth (Infant) BENTLEY, Whittington, Lichfield, L/48/289 († 1882)
• Abrahamse, Kruiningen († 1881)
• Aaldrik van Dijken, Siddeburen, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1969)
• Aaldrik van Dijken, Siddeburen, gem. Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1969)
• Alphonsus Josephus Verbraecken, Geel, België († 1964)
• Albert Baudry, Berthenicourt, 02240, France
• Albertus Paulus Scheltema, Amsterdam
• Alfried Bruno Karel Maria HEYSE, Eine, 9700, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1881)
• Anna Maria de Nocker, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)

• Adriaan Smetsers (25), Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Spoelstra (84), Oldeholtpade (Weststellingwerf)
• Abraham Moerland (68), Oude-Tonge
• Casper Liebeton (79), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Gravendahl (67), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina (Trijntje) Cobelens (56), Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelisdr Craan (84), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje BONKENBURG (46), Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Baardwijk (0), Nieuwkuijk
• Antje Taekes Koopmans (65), Sneek

• 1869 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales († 1921)
• 1869 » Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter († 1945)
• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)
• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Neeltje
14. Petronella
15. Geertruida
16. Trijntje

• 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 4.5 million citizens.
• March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
• April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on May 15, 1881 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.