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• Andries Roels Westerhof, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Roelfs Cruiming, De Waarden(Lageweg) Grijpskerk(Gem. Grijpskerk) Prov. Groningen († 1979)
• Adrianus Fasen, Etten-Leur, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• Emo, Yvetot (F) († 1881)
• aaltje MONSTER, zuid beijerland († 1883)
• Aartje Elisabeth van der Giessen, Amsterdam († 1965)
• Andries Neher, Amsterdam
• Agatha Selij, Uitgeest († 1962)
• Adriana Lamberta Reijn, Amsterdam
• Adriana Vrolijk, Scheveningen

• Antje Bottenburg (22), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Gerritdina Wibier (0), Dedemsvaart
• Alphonsus Petrus Norbertus Smits (2), Tilburg
• Antonie SMITS (35), Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Martinus van Herpen (61), Geffen
• Albert Abner Abney (85), Gallatin, Illinois, United States
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• Alphonse Emile Ernest Hubert de Nocker (54), Den Haag
• Adrianus de Geus (49), 's-Gravendeel
• Antje Blaauboer (0), Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1876 » Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist († 1944)
• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)
• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)
• 1883 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler († 1966)
• 1886 » Spring Byington, American actress († 1971)
• 1889 » Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author († 1988)
• 1890 » Roy Kilner, English cricketer († 1928)

• 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)

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.
• May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
• September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.

The temperature on October 17, 1881 was about 9.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.