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• van Arkel, Zoelmond (Beusichem) (Buren) (GL) († 1881)
• Anna de Wit, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1926)
• Anna Cornelia Sebrechts, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Alida Oosthoorn, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• adriana sophia berkhout, beesd, gelderland, nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikx, Ginneken en Bavel, Nederland († 1962)
• Anna Barbera Wilhelmina Niezen, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Mooren, Heesbeen (Heusden Brabant) († 1964)
• Agnes Theodora Goumans, Venray († 1963)
• Aaltje de Vries, Grouw, gem. Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• Angelina Vanopstal (38), Geel, Belgie
• Allegonda de Jong (44), Deursen en Dennenburg
• Anne Marie KEMPF (68), Werentzhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Antonia (Antonetta) Canters (Kanters) (69), Alphen en Riel, NB, Nederland
• Anthonij de Vlieger (69), Burgh, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Angela Pattyn (62), Ardooie
• Anna Luise Marie Selcke (4), Berlin (Berlin)
• Ann C Law (55)
• Andries Mol (66), Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Hendriks Feenstra (60), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1872 » Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic († 1952)
• 1872 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer († 1930)
• 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)
• 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
• 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
• 1880 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician († 1943)
• 1882 » Auguste Herbin, French painter († 1960)
• 1882 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister († 1945)
• 1885 » Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author († 1948)
• 1887 » Raymond Thorne, American swimmer († 1921)

• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)

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.
• January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
• February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on April 29, 1881 was about 8.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.