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• Alieda Theresia Eulalia Cordromp, Soerakarta, Midden Java (Nederlands Indië) († 1938)
• Andries Brus, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)
• Andries Wybes Postma, Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1907)
• Abraham de la Rie, Leiden († 1881)
• Adriana Maria Reinsbergen, Schiedam († 1940)
• Agnes Hubertina Maria Niersmans, "s-Gravenhage
• alberta swaters († 1901)
• Lupke Dijkhuis, Midwolda († 1949)
• Albert Tangenberg, Gasselte, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Albertus Borst, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1960)

• Arendina ten Berge (47), Borne
• Aafke Bonnes Bijker (69), Gorredijk, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafkes Bonnes Bijker Bonnes (69), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje van Gorkom (68), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adriaan Cornelis Marinus Ernste (0), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Moeliker (0), sint annaland (zeeland)
• Arendina ten Berge (47), Borne
• Adam MOELIKER (0), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anneken Veldhorst (68), Rheden
• Anna Maria Kattevilder (0), Mijdrecht

• 1866 » Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer († 1938)
• 1866 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator († 1943)
• 1867 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American-Argentinian astronomer († 1951)
• 1872 » Albert Sarraut, French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France († 1962)
• 1874 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic († 1945)
• 1879 » Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party († 1966)
• 1879 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter († 1944)
• 1887 » Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1887 » Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author († 1983)
• 1893 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer († 1952)

• 1835 » Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)
• 1842 » Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1844 » Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
• 1869 » Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
• 1878 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)

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. Aaltje
11. Grietje
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.
• April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
• December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

The temperature on July 28, 1881 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.