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• Abraham Schildkamp, Bleiswijk
• Anna Maria Catharina Buck, Kerkrade († 1959)
• Anna Helena Alofs, Schimmert, Nederland († 1967)
• Albert August Stephan Benoodt, Maastricht (L
• (Levenloos geboren) Kool († 1881)
• Agnes Maria van Hees, Alphen en Riel
• Anna VAN DER TOOK, Holland Lancaster County Nebraska U.S.A († 1950)
• Andries Kooper, Egmond aan Zee († 1885)
• Adriaantje van der knaap Knaap, Rozenburg († 1970)
• Aaltje Cornelis Dekker, Terschelling († 1942)

• Albert Tonnis Kol (87), Thesinge (Ten Boer), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Melessen (0), Midwolde (Gem. Leek), Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Sjoerds Rollema (0), Abbega, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna van Hulsel, Luyksgestel
• Annetje van den Bosch (69), Baambrugge, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antje Steensma (43), veenwouden
• Annetje Brouwer (69), Abcoude, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Vermeulen (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Alerdus Weijn (58), Raalte
• Anna Maria Biscop (25), Schelle (België)

• 1879 » Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War († 1945)
• 1879 » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player and educator († 1959)
• 1880 » Constantin Tănase, Romanian actor and playwright († 1945)
• 1880 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer († 1940)
• 1882 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator († 1927)
• 1883 » Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian, author, and academic († 1975)
• 1884 » Enrico Dante, Italian cardinal († 1967)
• 1885 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter († 1962)
• 1885 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician († 1936)
• 1886 » Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) († 1988)

• 1833 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765)
• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)
• 1884 » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)

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.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on July 5, 1881 was about 27.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.