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• Aaltje van Keijzer, Zevenhuizen († 1962)
• Damen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Marie D'Hondt, Jabbeke, België
• Noordzij, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1881)
• Anna Aukkiena de Haan, Leens, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van den Brand, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Aaltje Kruiskamp, Hellendoorn
• Adrianus Ridder, Muiderberg († 1910)
• Aldegondis Hubertina Caris
• Albert Ebeles Glastra, Boornbergum († 1973)

• Adélaïde de Villegas de Saint-Pierre Jette (42), Anvers (Antwerp), 11002, Belgique
• Albertus van Harinxma thoe Sloten van HARINXMA (44), Olterterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) SIERSEMA (0), Menaldumadeel Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Maria Brinkman (24), Kampen
• Amel Hartenhof (47), Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• "Adélaïde" Nathalie Alexandrine Anne de Villegas de Saint-Pierre-Jette (42), Anvers, Belgique
• Adriana Jacobse (4), Hoofdplaat (Sluis), Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham van Zoelen (31), Ommeren, Lienden
• Anna Catharina (Maria) ENGELS (72), Kerkrade, Nederland
• Albertus, baron van Harinxma thoe Slooten (44), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1874 » Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1959)
• 1876 » Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1879 » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer († 1932)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader († 1926)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)
• 1880 » Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator († 1959)
• 1885 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1885 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral († 1957)
• 1887 » A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter († 1938)
• 1891 » Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet († 1958)

• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)

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 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on May 22, 1881 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.