About the day » Sunday January 16, 1881Calender converter

• albertus andries, Rillaar, Belgium († 1924)
• Adriaan Timmerman, Vlissingen
• Aleida Johanna van Dijk, Zwolle, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1950)
• Alphonse Joseph Fortunat Bourdeau ****, Canada († 1947)
• Alexander Dorgelo, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kooij, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Reinder Veldman, Hoogeveen
• Adriaan Timmerman, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1971)
• Adrianus Noordijk, Schiedam, ZH, Nederland († 1881)
• Sloots, Anloo, Nederland

• Age Jans Steunebrink (65), Luinjeberd
• (1) Cornelis van Diepen (48), Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Andries Pina (Piena) (39), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Burggraaf (65), Zegveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaantje VERDOES (80), Strijen, 6278, Zuid-Holland, Nederlani
• Antonetta van Kortenhoff (78), Oosterhuizen, Apeldoorn
• Anna Elisabeth Vedel (80), Handbjerg
• Anne Catharine Rosalie Dillen (63), Vorst, België
• , Eethen, Netherlands
• Aaltien Mulder (70), Emmen

• 1870 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia († 1942)
• 1872 » Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1973)
• 1874 » Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author († 1958)
• 1875 » Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician († 1949)
• 1876 » Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer († 1937)
• 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)

• 1856 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)

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.
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

The temperature on January 16, 1881 was about -5.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.