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• Alida Lenting, Groningen († 1975)
• Albert Klein Velderman, Gorssel († 1957)
• Albert Furnie Todd († 1963)
• Anna Peters, Ooij (Ubbergen) († 1936)
• Korneliske Hettinga, Harich († 1972)
• Albert Furnie Todd ****, Columbus, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1963)
• Aaltje Paulus Yntema, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Alphonsius Marie Henri Joseph van Heeswijk, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1971)
• Albertus de Jonge, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België († 1964)
• Abraham HOLSTER Jzn, Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1947)

• Albertje Sijmens Brinksma (85), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albertje Symens Brinksma (85), Appelscha (Ooststellingwerf)
• Alida Tetterode (81), Wassenaar
• Maas (0), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
• Alida Tettero (81), Wassenaar
• Aloys Debruyne (0), Woumen
• Adriana Lugtigheid (65), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den BROEK (0), Etten en Leur
• Anna Emilia van Olden (13), Kimberley, Zuid Afrika
• van Spronsen, Den Haag

• 1868 » La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer († 1965)
• 1873 » Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright († 1939)
• 1874 » Charles Despiau, French sculptor († 1946)
• 1879 » Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter († 1935)
• 1883 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece († 1953)
• 1884 » Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor († 1960)
• 1887 » Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1889 » Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader († 1987)
• 1890 » Klabund, German author and poet († 1928)
• 1896 » Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines († 1971)

• 1847 » Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
• 1847 » Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1807)
• 1856 » Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (b. 1797)
• 1886 » James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1820)
• 1893 » Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
• 1895 » Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1906 » John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (b. 1893)
• 1921 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
• 1924 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)

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.
• May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. 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.
• December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

The temperature on November 4, 1881 was about 12.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.