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• Alida Hulzebos, Scheemda, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Schuil, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Meester, Opsterland († 1881)
• Addie Jane Forner, Pleasant Ridge, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 1952)
• Abraham Bril, Cadzand, Zeeland, NL
• ? (doodgeboren) Hermans († 1881)
• Aart van der Kaa, Strijen
• Adriana Catharina Margaretha Jansen, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Lohmann, Haarlem († 1957)
• Addie Young <KB FgmcPlnkChMNCBu>, Kittrell, Vance County, North Carolina op († 1975)

• Adrianus van der Hadelkamp (0), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans van der Sleen (50), Nieuweroord, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (onbekend) Berk (0), Oud-Beijerland
• Aaltje van der Sleen (50), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Schinkel (3), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Aalt Prins (62), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltjen Woordes (78), Winterswijk-Woold
• Aaltje ter Heide (1), Kalenberg
• Aernoud Hendrik van WICKEVOORT CROMMELIN (83), Haarlem
• Willemtje Willems Crap (57), Vrouwenparochie

• 1876 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Latvia († 1934)
• 1879 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director († 1948)
• 1881 » Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician († 1960)
• 1881 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author († 1945)
• 1883 » Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War († 1963)
• 1883 » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet († 1941)
• 1885 » A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist († 1967)
• 1885 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia († 1945)
• 1885 » Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor († 1972)
• 1888 » Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic († 1972)

• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)

• 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 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
• February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
• November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.

The temperature on January 8, 1881 was about 2.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.