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• Anna Hubertina Fredrix, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1881)
• Adriana VAN WIJNGAARDEN, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Abraham Lourens Slot, Rotterdam († 1882)
• * Cornelia Anna Norberta Hijstek, Tilburg († 1959)
• Albert Pinkster, Oude Pekela
• Adriaan Marinus Houdkamp, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje Rampen, Zijpe, Nederland († 1927)
• Assendelft 158B
• Bouwina Anna Nipperus, Nieuwolda († 1979)
• Adriaan Overbeeke, Waarde († 1881)

• Adam Poppen (5), Colfax Township, Grundy County, Iowa
• Arie Klaasz van der Plas (39), Katwijk aan Zee
• Arie van der Plas (38), Op zee
• Adriaan Eijer (0), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij Heijster (67), Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Grotendorst (Grootendorst) (69), Maarsseveen
• Alphonsus Verlinden (12), Sint Maartensdijk
• Nijpels (0), Lichtenvoorde
• Annigjen Roelofs Eleveld, Echten, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Ariaantje Grootendorst (69), Maarsseveen

• 1872 » August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor († 1921)
• 1872 » Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria († 1956)
• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)

• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)

• 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.
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• 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.

The temperature on October 15, 1881 was about 7.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.