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• Anna Duvan, Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin
• Anneke van ACQOOIJ, Gameren (Gld.)
• Jelle Kolk, Lemsterland († 1956)
• Albertus Hermanus Steerneman, Diepenveen († 1916)
• Adriaantje van der Gaarden, Charlois († 1958)
• adriaantje aria RIJ, geervliet
• Goudriaan, krimpen aan den ijssel (zuid holland)
• Adriaan van Engelsdorp Gastelaars, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)
• Adriaantje van der Gaarden, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Alice Cecilia Group, Sint-Niklaas, België († 1966)

• Carolina Francisca DEPOORTER (78), Esen Belgie
• Arthur Frederick Eaton (27), Kensington, London. England
• Albertus Hofstede (56), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana IJsbrands Koutstaal (66), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amalia Taglioni (71), Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• Catharina Margaretha KUHLMAN (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Beuk (62), Nieuwkoop
• Annigje van der Velde (1), Steenwijk
• Berndina de Koppel (87), Renkum
• Anna Maria Josephina Franscisca van der Elsen (3), Ter Aar (Langeraar)

• 1867 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company († 1919)
• 1870 » John Marin, American architect and painter († 1953)
• 1878 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver († 1964)
• 1894 » Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer († 1976)
• 1895 » Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster († 1994)
• 1896 » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author († 1957)
• 1900 » Marie Bell, French actress and stage director († 1985)
• 1900 » Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian († 2014)
• 1900 » Otto Soglow, American cartoonist († 1975)

• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)

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.
• February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

The temperature on December 23, 1881 was about 1.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.