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• Anna Berta Compier, Polsbroek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1967)
• Aafke Brouwer, Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1964)
• Adrianus Peek, Woerden († 1881)
• Albert van Veggel († 1881)
• Abram Kok, Leiden
• Aaltje Schiphorst, Dalfsen († 1947)
• Aleida Lamberta van Daatselaar, Nijkerk († 1964)
• Aafke Willemina Burema, Farmsum (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1882)
• Alice Bernard Marshall, Hume, Fauquier, Virginia, United States († 1915)
• Aafke Willemina Burema, Farmsum, Delfzijl,, Groningen, Nederland († 1882)

• Alida Maria Alkemade (60), Noordwijk
• Alida Alkemade (60), Noordwijk
• Anna Catharina Klerkx (55), Sint Michielsgestel
• Antonij Weenink (79), Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland (NL.)
• Aaltien Koers (47), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana Vroedstein (84), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Gilberts (51), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Hemelop (1), Hazerswoude,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van den Haspel, Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Amelie Dorothe Waelkens (75), Zwevegem, België

• 1872 » Clara Butt, English opera singer († 1936)
• 1873 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1901)
• 1874 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1929)
• 1878 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika († 1955)
• 1878 » Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia († 1944)
• 1881 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer († 1966)
• 1882 » Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada († 1973)
• 1884 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician († 1949)
• 1884 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author († 1937)
• 1887 » Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author († 1947)

• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)

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.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
• 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 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 February 1, 1881 was about 1.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.