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• Andries Dirk Bongers, Papendrecht
• Anthonia van Dort, Soest († 1931)
• * Lucia Maas, Dommelen († 1941)
• Anna Maria Nillissen, Oeffelt († 1937)
• Alida Ernestina Remmers, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Anthonia van Dort, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1931)
• Achille Alphonse Louis Libert, Leuven
• Anthonie Johannes Baan, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Anna Cornelia van Loon, Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1956)
• Alphonse Jérôme VAN COPPENOLLE, Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• Albert Vaartjes (79), Paasloo, Oldemarkt
• Antonius van Meir (0), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ann Brearley (53), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• Antonius Somers (7), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Dekker (27), Zwolle (Overijssel)
• Alida Nieuwenhuizen (2), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• 'Maria Adolphine' CONVENT (17), Kortrijk, 34022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Antonie Biesenbos (46), Amersfoort
• Anne Catherina Messing (66), 182 Courtland St. (now 1846 West 54th St.), Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Catherina Messing (66), Cleveland, Cuyahoaga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1869 » Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic († 1946)
• 1875 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist († 1899)
• 1878 » Hans Carossa, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1885 » Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic († 1971)
• 1886 » Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, Polish politician and resistance fighter († 1968)
• 1888 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist and playwright († 1959)
• 1890 » Harry Babcock, American pole vaulter († 1965)
• 1891 » A.P. Carter, American country singer-songwriter and musician († 1960)
• 1892 » J. Paul Getty, American-English businessman and art collector, founded Getty Oil († 1976)
• 1894 » Vibert Douglas, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)

• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)

• 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 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
• 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).
• November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.

The temperature on December 15, 1881 was about 1.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.