About the day » Monday May 9, 1881Calender converter

• Albert Arendzen, Goor
• Aaltje Maria van Olst, Heerde (buurtschap Horsthoek) († 1911)
• Adranus Petrus Luijsterburg, Roosendaal († 1902)
• Aaltje van Wolferen, Maassluis († 1883)
• Adrianus Fleuren, Wijchen, Nederland († 1881)
• Adriana Margaretha de Vries, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus Gerardus Neelemans, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VAN STRALEN, Idaarderadeel Friesland Netherlands († 1881)
• Adrianus Petrus Luijsterburg, Roosendaal († 1902)
• de Rijcke, Vlissingen († 1881)

• Antje Stapel (33), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Caroline Frances Gale (19), Ulmarra, Clarence Valley Council, NSW, Australia
• Antonia Schoe(n)maker (2), Langerak, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VAN STRALEN (0), Idaarderadeel Friesland Netherlands
• Arnoldina van Stiphout (43), Veldhoven, 43 jr. oud
• Antonie SPLINTER,VAN DER (61), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adeline Fréderique Caroline Eugénie Bousquet (38), Den-Haag
• Brendel Benjamins Kosses (69), Oude Pekela (NL)
• * Teunis Bor (67), Hoogblokland
• Antje Stapel (33), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)
• 1883 » José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic († 1955)
• 1884 » Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor († 1917)
• 1885 » Gianni Vella, Maltese artist († 1977)
• 1888 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot († 1918)
• 1888 » Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector († 1964)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (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 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
• March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
• April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
• September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.

The temperature on May 9, 1881 was about 8.8 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.