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• Adriana Hendrika Blommers, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Albert Vondeling, Oterdum
• Adrianus Jantinus Streefland, Terneuzen, Nederland († 1959)
• Albertus Martinus van den Broek, Schiedam († 1899)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Spaandonk, Hilversum, Gemeente Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Pawlak, South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States († 1945)
• Abraham Jan Scheele, Zaamslag († 1950)
• Aaltje Pauws, Schellingwoude († 1890)
• Adriana van de Ven, Helvoirt († 1967)
• Adriana Crum, Dodewaard, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1973)

• Arend Arends Hagenus (4), Finsterwolde
• Anna Maria Beddigs (80), Rotterdam
• Angenieta Smit (1), Drouwenermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Arie Oliemans (3), Delfshaven
• Aaltje Alberts, Vriescheloo
• Arend Hagenus (5), Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Derks Alberts (50), Vriescheloo, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Martinus Hoppezak (3), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Petrus VERBAAN (0), Montfoort
• Arnoldus Bertens (75), Tilburg Nederland

• 1870 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright († 1938)
• 1870 » Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman († 1929)
• 1873 » Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist († 1960)
• 1873 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint († 1897)
• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)
• 1885 » Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1886 » Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author († 1959)
• 1889 » Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales († 1973)
• 1891 » Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station († 1990)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

• 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.
• March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
• May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

The temperature on January 2, 1881 was about 4.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.