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• Adolphe BALANCK, Brugge († 1896)
• Adrianus Johannes Daalmeijer, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1947)
• Adrianus Poot, Overschie, Nederland
• Anna Gertruidis van Leipsig, Velden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Pleuntje de Bruijn, Pernis (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Anna Wilhelmina Christina Eutin, Peckatel (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
• Adriana Breken, Sliedrecht
• Alphonse Willems, Oudenaarde,Oost-Vlaanderen,Belgie († 1966)
• Antonie Johannes Willemse, Drunen († 1966)
• Adriana van SEVENTER, Sliedrecht

• Aagte Otterman (85), Eerde, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaantje Pietersd VERSTEEG (83), Klaaswaal
• Adriana den Biggelaar (0), Standdaarbuiten
• Anna Catharina Lecocq (86), Overwinden, 3400, België
• Adriana Schrauwen (75), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Otterman (85), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje Otterman (85), Ommen
• Albertus Johannes Oostendorp (50), Deventer, Nederland
• Gerrits (0), Maashees en Overloon
• Aagte Hermens Otterman (85), Ambt Ommen, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)
• 1884 » John Carpenter, American sprinter († 1933)
• 1885 » Mason Phelps, American golfer († 1945)
• 1885 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter († 1919)
• 1887 » Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1888 » Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician († 1991)
• 1888 » Joyce Cary, Irish novelist († 1957)
• 1892 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic († 1964)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

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.
• March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
• April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• 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.

The temperature on December 7, 1881 was about 6.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.