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• Anna van Leeuwen, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Adrianus Martinus Johannes van den DUNGEN, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1934)
• Annigje Sanders, Nieuwkoop († 1882)
• Antonie Van Oirschot, Hilvarenbeek (Noord-Brabant, Nederland) († 1951)
• Annegrieta Nanette Bruin, Velsen († 1969)
• Aartje Kleijer, Barneveld († 1967)
• Adriana de Kogel, Gouderak († 1941)
• Alexis Lvovitsj Graaf Tolstoy, Moskou († 1886)
• Antonius Osnabrugge, Houten, Nederland († 1919)
• Afra de Waard, Egmond-Binnen († 1951)

• Afke BAKKER (57), Sleat, De Fryske Marren, Fryslân, Netherlands
• Arend Buijs (69), Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendtje Schoute (82), Nieuwenhoorn
• Aaltje van Vliet (32), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aart Langezaal (0), Leiderdorp
• Barteld (Bartelt) (Egberts) Drenth(e) (60), Bovensmilde
• Arendje Schouten (81), Nieuwenhoorn
• Arend Jan Hesselink (27), Stokkum, gemeente Markelo
• Aagje Jacobs Prins (37), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der Tol (57), Tienhoven, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1875 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher († 1954)
• 1875 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India († 1950)
• 1876 » Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright († 1972)
• 1879 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and composer († 1941)
• 1880 » Julia Peterkin, American author († 1961)
• 1880 » Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1936)
• 1881 » Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general († 1960)
• 1883 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier († 1915)
• 1883 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1887 » Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) († 1975)

• 1860 » Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788)
• 1879 » Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803)
• 1879 » Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
• 1905 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
• 1913 » William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)

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.
• February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
• November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on October 31, 1881 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.