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• Alphonsius Thieleman, Kieldrecht
• Adrianus Gerardus Timmermans, Hedikhuizen, NL
• Adrianus Cornelis Bruggemans, Oegstgeest († 1893)
• Adam Lokat, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Kral, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Verseput, Zierikzee († 1882)
• Alphonsus Baert, Koewacht, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1924)
• Angélina Gendron, St-Casimir, Portneuf, Québec, Canada
• Andries Besem, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1882)
• Ada May Heitz, Pawnee, Geary, Kansas Territory, United States († 1968)

• Zurstegen (0), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Aimé-Michel CLEMOT (63), (Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay) Val-du-Layon, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Antonia Pelkmans (85), Gilze en Rijen
• Antonia PELKMANS (85), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Oosterhof (37), Wolvegea, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Hulten (79), Drunen
• Adriana Rosenboom (65), Bergen op Zoom
• Loman (0), Leusden (UT, NLD)
• Anje ter Veer (56), Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje Ites ter Veer (56), Aduard

• 1877 » Roger Quilter, English composer († 1953)
• 1878 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator († 1925)
• 1880 » Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist († 1930)
• 1880 » Grantland Rice, American journalist and poet († 1954)
• 1880 » Sholem Asch, Polish-American author and playwright († 1957)
• 1881 » Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral († 1965)
• 1886 » Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author and poet († 1951)
• 1886 » Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese poet and critic († 1942)
• 1887 » L.S. Lowry, English painter and illustrator († 1976)

• 1814 » Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1744)
• 1888 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)

• 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 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
• May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
• July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

The temperature on November 1, 1881 was about -1.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.