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• Antonius Hubertus Stevens, Leunen, Limburg, Nederland († 1931)
• Arie Nicolaas Bleijenberg, IJsselstein († 1954)
• Alida Morpurgo, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Anna Cornelia van OLDENBORGH, Dordrecht
• AART JAN VAN HATTUM, Tiel
• Agnes Cornelia Theodora van de Braak, Twisteden, Duitsland († 1958)
• Adrianus Jacobus Burgers, Kapel-Avezaath († 1962)
• Alida Cohen, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1943)
• Anna Cornelia Goris, Ossendrecht N.B
• Arend de Bruijn, Schipluiden, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• Beatrix Hendrickx (67), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Wal (57), Hoogkarspel
• Anna Gertrudis Victoria MOMMEN (44), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Adrianus Zijderlaan (18), Polsbroek, Nederland
• Christopher Madsen Funk (51), Richmond, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Amelia Agatha Hille (14), Zaandam
• Anna Catharina AERTS (71), Mol
• Bastiaan de Zeeuw (Zeeuw,de Seeuw,de Seeu) (17), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Barbara Bemelmans (77), Maastricht, Nederland
• Berent Timmer

• 1864 » Princess Stéphanie of Belgium († 1945)
• 1873 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic († 1941)
• 1878 » Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer († 1930)
• 1880 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet († 1967)
• 1884 » Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1885 » Princess Sophie of Albania, (Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg) († 1936)
• 1893 » Arthur Carr, English cricketer († 1963)
• 1893 » Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant († 1969)
• 1895 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general, president (1934–1940) and father of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas († 1970)
• 1898 » Armand Hammer, American physician and businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum († 1990)

• 1844 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)
• 1862 » John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
• 1879 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)

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.
• February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on May 21, 1881 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.