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• Post († 1881)
• Abraham Pouwelse, Serooskerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1936)
• Albert Messchendorp, Kolham gem. Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1939)
• Abraham Pouwelse, Serooskerke († 1936)
• Adriana Fredrika Scherpenisse, Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Rutjes, Doornenburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)
• Anna Catharina Berkhout-, Warmenhuizen, Nederland († 1907)
• Adriana Cornelia Wilhelmina van Dishoeck, Zierikzee,Schouwen-Duiveland,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1903)
• Aart Dubbeldam, Ammerstol († 1883)
• Albertus Arnoldus de Beer, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)

• Anna Theresia Antonia Beniest (90), Oostende
• Aalt Aalten van Kommer (71), Putten-Halvinkhuizen
• (l.l.) Post (0), Urk
• Adriana Dirkje van Mil (0), Neerijnen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Antonia van der Meer (38), Oudenbosch
• Anne Doede Alberts Loppersum (0), Zuidhorn
• Aalt Aalten Van Kommer (71), Putten-Halvinkhuizen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Midavaine (59), Vrouwenpolder
• Antje Bonnes Brandsma (69), Gersloot, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus van der Sanden (0), Zesgehuchten, Stratum

• 1863 » Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois († 1941)
• 1864 » Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1879 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor († 1954)
• 1883 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1888 » Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1892 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright († 1977)
• 1896 » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist († 1956)
• 1896 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist († 1952)
• 1898 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese politician († 1960)

• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
• 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)

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 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
• April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
• July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
• September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.

The temperature on December 27, 1881 was about 3.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.