About the day » Friday January 28, 1881Calender converter

• Amelia Josephine SHRIVER, Singapore Allegan County Michigan U.S.A († 1930)
• aafke drolenga, warfhuizen († 1963)
• Antje van der Meer, Paasloo († 1893)
• Antonia Baars, IJsselstein, Utrecht, NL
• Alexander Edward O'Connor, Low Point Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Antonia Baars, IJsselstein
• Anna Cornelia Berg, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Aaltje Visser
• Anna Catharina Verschuren, Udenhout († 1881)
• Allegonda Weelinck, Groningen († 1881)

• Anna ten Hoopen (82), Haaksbergen
• Albert Filippus Muller (63), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Labrie (0), 's-Gravenhage / den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Ockhuijsen (35), Kortenhoef (gem. Wijdemeren)
• Antonij van Zanten (79), Beusichem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoine François MERCHEZ (71), fillièvres, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Anna Konder (49), Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Aaltje Geerts Groenema (50), Hellum, Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Trapman (46), Bergambacht 's-Heeraartsberg
• Anna Bojé Steinvoorte, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1873 » Colette, French novelist and journalist († 1954)
• 1874 » Alex Smith, Scottish golfer († 1930)
• 1875 » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1965)
• 1878 » Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1880 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach († 1970)
• 1884 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer († 1962)
• 1885 » Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist († 1920)
• 1886 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic († 1976)
• 1886 » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator († 1982)

• 1832 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
• 1859 » F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
• 1864 » Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)

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.
• March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on January 28, 1881 was about 3.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.