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• Albert Florentinus DE CLERCK, Grobbendonk, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Albertine Christine Strengnaerts, Semarang († 1945)
• Anna Alberta Aldenkamp, Hengelo († 1960)
• Albert Johannes ROZEMA, Groningen Netherlands († 1960)
• Albert Slomp, Hoogeveen, Drente, Nederland
• Albert Johannes Ros(z)ema († 1960)
• Albertus Rietveld, HAZERSWOUDE (Alphen aan den Rijn), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Anthonius Cornelis van Leeuwen, Hof van Delft, Nederland († 1948)
• Alphonsus Pieters, Graauw († 1968)
• Alexander Loffeld, Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg) († 1947)

• Antonij Lahpor (39), Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Naus (64), Kessel,, Limburg, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Kerver (75), Vlaardingen
• Anna Hindriks Wijninga (67), Usquert, Nederland
• Anna Naus (64), Kessel
• Anke Hendriks Top (44), Grootegast
• Anna Maria Driessen (64), Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Hendriks HUISMAN (73), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Hendriks Wijninga (67), Usquert, Nederland
• Antje Mulder (53), Ureterp

• 1873 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer († 1958)
• 1874 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer († 1920)
• 1883 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach († 1972)
• 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1889 » Dietrich Kraiß, German general († 1944)
• 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)
• 1890 » Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines († 1956)
• 1892 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet († 1978)
• 1892 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1953)
• 1894 » Bobby Cruickshank, American golfer († 1975)

• 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)

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.
• July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
• 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.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
• November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
• December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

The temperature on November 16, 1881 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.