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• Angelica Vanuytsel, Geel, België († 1886)
• Adriana de Kruijff, Zoelen († 1919)
• Altona Elizabeth Hindman, Indiana († 1956)
• Johan, Lonneker
• Anna Geertruida van Nispen, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1966)
• Adriaan van der Aa, Den Dungen († 1971)
• Anna Cornelia HUYBRECHTS, Zandvliet, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Amanda Schmielau, Wilster, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany († 1954)
• Aaltje HILDERING, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana Maria van Asch, Deil, Gelderland, Netherlands

• Anna van der Donk (60), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antje VAN DRIESUM (34), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafke Huttinga (29), Huizinge
• Antje Verschoor (3)
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• Aaltje Kalfsvel (0), Zaandam, Nederland
• Agatha BINS (81), Leimuiden, 6118, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arijaantje Boer (35), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aplonie TROAST Adr (18), Lodi, Bergen, US-NJ
• Antje van Driesum (34), Appingedam, Nederland

• 1873 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior († 1962)
• 1873 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1942)
• 1874 » Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art († 1948)
• 1874 » Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1875 » H.B. Warner, English actor († 1958)
• 1880 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1881 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer († 1963)
• 1883 » Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author († 1970)
• 1883 » Paul Pilgrim, American runner († 1958)
• 1884 » William Hogenson, American sprinter († 1965)

• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
• 1896 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)

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.
• February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
• March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
• November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.

The temperature on October 26, 1881 was about 4.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.