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• Adriana Hendrika Kargel, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1953)
• Albertus Hofhuis, Zwolle († 1881)
• Alida Roodenburg, Amsterdam († 1882)
• Adriana Koutstaal, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1933)
• Antje Baardslag, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1894)
• Adrianus Post, Amsterdam (Erkend bij huwelijk ouders)
• Marrigje van den Berg, Polsbroek
• Anna Gertrud Hubertina Lambermon, Susteren († 1885)
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Posthumus, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1941)
• antje preisz, amsterdam († 1882)

• Alida van der Ent (0), rhoon (zuid holland)
• Arie Donker (57), Haaften, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Clara Croes (82), Aruba
• Antje Eyzes Speerstra (56), Rauwerderhim
• Alida van der Ent (0), Rhoon, Albrandswaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia Aerts (35), Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Maltha (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Wijbes Hekstra (77), Zwaagwesteinde
• Aart de JONG Bzn (0), Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Alida Cornelisdr van der Kroft (36), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1867 » Louise, Princess Royal of England († 1931)
• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1882 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor († 1946)
• 1887 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1888 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author († 1948)
• 1889 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and physician († 1948)
• 1893 » Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist and author († 1993)

• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)

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 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
• May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
• November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
• November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
• December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

The temperature on February 20, 1881 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.