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• Adriana van Donk, Delfshaven (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1882)
• Adriana van Vuuren, Sprang († 1882)
• Albert Alfred SIGNAL, Marton, Wanganui, New Zealand († 1967)
• Alida Rollman, Amsterdam († 1933)
• Aart Antonie van Bockel, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1949)
• Aaltje Peterse, Geldermalsen
• Alida Cornelia Frederika Brinkman, amsterdam, Nederland († 1961)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Sonneveldt, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1883)
• Albert Samuelsz Huizinga, Hoogezand, gr.nld († 1960)
• Alberdina Hendrika Francisca Besselink, Hengelo († 1973)

• Bastiaantje van Dalen (0), Zwijndrecht, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Arij van der Spek (59), De Lier (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beitske Nannes Kroese (84), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Baan van der (79), Stad Hardenberg
• Adrianus Simonsz Barendregt (80), Loosduinen
• A. Marie Aerts (15), Mechelen-Bovelingen, België
• Adrianus Simons BARENDREGT (80), Loosduinen
• Adrianus Barendregt (80), Loosduinen, Nederland
• Antonius (1) van Opzeeland (0), Haarlemmerliede, gem. Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Antje Hof (24), Westenwold (Steenwijkerwold)

• 1872 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author († 1942)
• 1872 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer († 1956)
• 1872 » Trevor Kincaid, Canadian-American zoologist and academic († 1970)
• 1876 » Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales († 1975)
• 1877 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar († 1954)
• 1878 » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher († 1956)
• 1884 » María Cadilla, Puerto Rican writer, educator, women's rights activist († 1951)
• 1885 » Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1960)
• 1888 » Jean Bouin, French runner and rugby player († 1914)
• 1889 » Sewall Wright, American geneticist and biologist († 1988)

• 1869 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
• 1873 » Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
• 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
• 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)

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 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.

The temperature on December 21, 1881 was about 3.3 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.