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Born on Thursday December 8, 1881
- adeline RICHARD, Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
- Aaltje Koper, Zandvoort († 1884)
- Abraham Bastiaans, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
- Aaltje Ouwendijk, 's-Gravenzande
- Adriaan Timootsz PORTO,DE, Spang,Gemeente Texel,Noord-Holland,Netherlands († 1930)
- Aafke Klaster, Odoornerveen(Odoorn) († 1970)
- Alida Hendrika Leliveld, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Bolink, Wierden († 1881)
- Albert Belie, Midwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Hilhorst, Soest († 1881)
Died on Thursday December 8, 1881
- Carolus Ludovicus DE SMET (66), Denderwindeke,9400,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Bernard Onstein (55), Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland
- Adrianus Klein (Kleijn) (60), Strijen
- Anna Maria Hilhorst (0), Soest
- Catharina Dengler (91)
- Ariën APPEL (31), Den Helder
- Berend Stoffer (0), Elburg
- Antonius Verbakel (76), Beek en Donk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Berend Gerrits Koster (46), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Huizen)
- Betsy Stillwell Alcott (79), Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 8, 1881 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Leeuwarder courant
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De standaard
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Surinaamsche courant en Gouvernements advertentie blad
Born on December 8
- 1874 » Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician († 1951)
- 1875 » Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter († 1925)
- 1877 » Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer († 1944)
- 1880 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist († 1973)
- 1881 » Albert Gleizes, French painter († 1953)
- 1884 » Francis Balfour, English colonel and politician († 1965)
- 1886 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator († 1957)
- 1890 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer († 1959)
- 1892 » Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic († 1938)
- 1894 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye († 1938)
Died on December 8
- 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
- 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
- 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
- 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
- 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
- 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
- 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
- 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
- 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
- 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
Names that were popular for boys in 1881
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1881
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1881
- 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.
- February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
- April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
- June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
- 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.
- November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
The weather on Thursday December 8, 1881
The temperature on December 8, 1881 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI