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• Alexander van Harten, Ouder-Amstel († 1960)
• Alexander van Harten, Ouder Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Ailke SCHARPHORN, Noordwolde (Bedum) Groningen Netherlands († 1971)
• Albert Dominicus LAMAN TRIP, Arnhem Gelderland Netherlands († 1960)
• Adriana van Buuren, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)
• Anna Agatha Elisabeth Boon, Den Hoorn († 1912)
• Antje Dalstra, Surhuisterveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus "John Andrew" Rutten, Holland († 1959)
• Adriana Maria Brok, Waalwijk († 1881)
• Anna Maria Clasina Roelants, Schiedam

• Alijda Nienhuijs (83), Driel, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Strauven (56), Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België
• Ariaantje Ariesdr Toet (78), Scheveningen
• Aart van Leeuwen (0), Vlaardingen
• Anna Geertruida van Beurden (37), Vlijmen
• Aafje Weel (1), Koedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joustra (0), Purmerend
• Adriana Arense Toet (78), Scheveningen
• Anna Margaretha Henneke-Föster (55)
• Anna Marie Bobbink (0), Apeldoorn

• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
• 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
• 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)
• 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)
• 1882 » Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator († 1949)
• 1883 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1955)
• 1883 » Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates († 1967)
• 1883 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic († 1950)
• 1886 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye († 1956)
• 1887 » Tim Moore, American actor († 1958)

• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)

• 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 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
• April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
• 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.
• November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.

The temperature on December 9, 1881 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.