About the day » Thursday May 12, 1881Calender converter

• Akke Hilt, Idsegahuizum
• Anna Willemina Schuurmans Stekhoven, Exmorra, gem. Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1917)
• Adriana Maria Meerman, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1883)
• Albertus van der Sanden, Zesgehuchten, Stratum († 1881)
• Aagje van Leening, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1881)
• Aart DE WITH, Benschop
• Adrianus Petrus Cornelis Konijn, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1881)
• Akke Arjens Hilt, Idsegahuizum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Luijkx, Rucphen
• Aaltje Haak, Kralingen († 1963)

• Arie Kapitein (49), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus De Groof (87), Herenthout, België
• Anna Maria Putman (75)
• Albert Defourny (4), Herstal (B)
• Adriana Martina Magdalena Zaalberg (15), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carlo Pillone (45), San Giacomo, Campagna, Salerno, Campania, Italy
• Anna Hendrina Spaan (0), Elst, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna Bohlen (30), Den Helder
• Arnolda van Hout (56), Oss
• Amelia Louise Constance Roos (42)

• 1872 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 1940)
• 1873 » J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter († 1932)
• 1874 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist († 1929)
• 1875 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library († 1960)
• 1880 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer († 1951)
• 1885 » Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist († 1969)
• 1885 » Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Japanese author († 1976)
• 1886 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot († 1937)
• 1889 » Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank († 1980)
• 1892 » Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director († 1970)

• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
• 1860 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
• December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

The temperature on May 12, 1881 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.