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• Adrianus Marinus van der Wal, Vught († 1931)
• van Aken, Klundert
• Albertus Johannus Hamhuis, Avereest († 1882)
• Alexander Maas, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1881)
• André Arthur Worms, Anderlecht, België
• Aaldrik van Dijken, Siddeburen, gem. Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriana Cornelia Brocatus, O.&.N.Gastel († 1952)
• Albertus Antonius Sleurink, Zwolle, Nederland
• Aleida Grada Ormel, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1882)
• Adrianus Josephus Maria Leroi, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1963)

• Bertha Auguste Albertine Schoessow (8)
• Arnolda IJpelaer (88), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Spoelstra (84), Oldeholtpade (Weststellingwerf)
• Aaltje Hoogschagen Roomboer (84), Schoorldam, Nederland
• Aaltje de Bruijn (1), Noordeloos
• Antje BONKENBURG (46), Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelisdr Craan (84), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Moerland (68), Oude-Tonge
• Abraham Gravendahl (67), Groningen
• Annie Aleda Olaveson (0), Onsoy, Ostfold, Norway

• 1869 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales († 1921)
• 1869 » Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter († 1945)
• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)
• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

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 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
• April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.

The temperature on May 15, 1881 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.