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• Adriana Dirkje Van Der Hout, 's Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aachtje Kremer, Groningen († 1968)
• Aloysius franciscus Johannes Maria Lombaers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1881)
• Andries Philippus Phoelich, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Cornelia Elisabeth Adriaansen, Tilburg
• Anna Elisabeth Sirach, Rotterdam († 1909)
• Alfons CASTELEIN, Wakken († 1903)
• Aloijsius Franciscus Johannes Maria Lombarts, Loon op Zand († 1881)
• Albertje de Leeuw, IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Hodenius, Rheydt († 1882)

• adrianus LODDER (56), melissant
• Anna Geertruida Roelofs (50), Venlo, Li.NL
• Antonia Johanna Zacharias NIËL (89), Utrecht, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Dabens (71), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthonij van der Sanden, Drunen
• Antonius TROMPENAERS (69)
• Anna Geertruida Roelofs (50), Venlo
• Anna VERSTRAATEN (74), Oud en Nieuw Gastel,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Anna van Straaten (74), Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Arend van der Toorn (2), Scheveningen, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1878 » Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist († 1948)
• 1879 » Joseph Roffo, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1933)
• 1880 » George Van Biesbroeck, Belgian–American astronomer († 1974)
• 1881 » André Godard, French archaeologist, architect and historian († 1965)
• 1881 » Ernst Fast, Swedish runner († 1959)
• 1881 » Ivan Ribar, Yugoslav politician († 1968)
• 1882 » Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer († 1972)
• 1882 » Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian († 1937)
• 1883 » Mathias Hynes, British tug of war competitor († 1926)
• 1883 » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator († 1929)

• 1851 » Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (b. 1801)
• 1862 » Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1870 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)
• 1872 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)

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.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
• November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
• December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

The temperature on January 21, 1881 was about -8.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.