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• Altona Elizabeth Hindman, Indiana († 1956)
• Albertus Van Londersele, Ninove, België († 1882)
• Adriana de Kruijff, Zoelen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1919)
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes Klaverkamp, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Elizabeth van GENDEREN STORT, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Adriana Marina van Asch, Deil, Gelderland, Nederland († 1939)
• Angelica Vanuytsel, Geel, België († 1886)
• Albertus Koetsier, Langbroek, Gemeente Wijk bij Duurstede
• Adriana Maria van Asch, Deil, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albertus Koetsier, Langbroek, Nederland († 1962)

• Botje Jans Jouwsma (80), Beetgum
• Anna Maria de Boer (67), Onna (Steenwijkerwold)
• Alexander Lockard (79), Coshocton County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Agatha Bins (80), Leimuiden, Nederland
• Adriana van den ELZEN (97), Berghem
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• Adrianus Smulders (1), Tilburg
• Antje van Driesen (34), Appingedam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antje van Driessum (34), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Verschoor (3)

• 1873 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior († 1962)
• 1873 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1942)
• 1874 » Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art († 1948)
• 1874 » Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1875 » H.B. Warner, English actor († 1958)
• 1880 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1881 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer († 1963)
• 1883 » Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author († 1970)
• 1883 » Paul Pilgrim, American runner († 1958)
• 1884 » William Hogenson, American sprinter († 1965)

• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
• 1896 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)

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.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• 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.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on October 26, 1881 was about 4.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.