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• Agnes van de Pavoordt, Bodegraven († 1910)
• Aalt van Kempen, Putten († 1884)
• Albertje Bakker, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• Ada Violet HATHAWAY, North Ogden, Weber, Utah († 1952)
• Albert Doorneweert, Wilsum, Overijssel, Nederland († 1960)
• Adrianus Franciscus LEIJTEN, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1882)
• Aafjen Tettelaar, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Sybrens Dijkstra, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Josephina Averweg, Leschede, Duitsland († 1944)
• Alphonsus Maria Hubertus GOOSSENS, Antwerpen, 11002, Antwerpen, Belgique

• Albina Elizabeth Ellis (65), Nicholas, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltjen Holterman (64), Deventer
• Alicia Adams (69), Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
• Berent Jan Teela (52), Holten
• Antje NAN (72), Hoogkarspel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aantje Stiot (14), Fillmore, Allegan, Michigan, United States
• Antje Krijnen (17), Texel, prov. Noord Holland
• Agatha Molders (14), Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B)
• auguste CHARLATTE (1), St Quentin (F-02)
• Aafje Langenberg (32), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1874 » John Ellis, English executioner († 1932)
• 1876 » Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist († 1960)
• 1877 » Razor Smith, English cricketer († 1946)
• 1879 » Robert Edwards, American artist, musician, and writer († 1948)
• 1880 » Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. († 1946)
• 1881 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal († 1948)
• 1884 » Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author († 1941)
• 1888 » Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief († 1961)
• 1888 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater († 1954)
• 1890 » Alan L. Hart, American physician and author († 1962)

• 1852 » James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
• 1859 » Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1871 » Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
• 1890 » Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 » Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 » Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
• 1904 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
• 1910 » Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)

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.
• January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• 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.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.

The temperature on October 4, 1881 was about 5.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.