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Died on Tuesday February 22, 1881
- Aartje (Aaltje) van de Steeg (60), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
- Aaltjen Sluijterije (77), Zutphen
- Annegien Aaltjen Jans Westerholt (27), Zutphen,, Gelderland, Nederland
- Adriana Jacobs (55), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
- Albertus Neuteboom(Noteboom) (1), Rotterdam
- Adriana Jacobs (55), Halsteren gem. Bergen op Zoom Nbr. NL
- Adriaantje Reuvers (41), Eierland
- Anne Marie Gertrude VROONEN (48), Mettekoven (B)
- Aartje van de Steeg (60), Barneveld
- Anna Harlan (66), Greene, Parke, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 22, 1881 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De standaard
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
Born on February 22
- 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
- 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
- 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
- 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
- 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
- 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)
- 1883 » Marguerite Clark, American actress († 1940)
- 1886 » Hugo Ball, German author and poet († 1927)
- 1887 » Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer († 1933)
- 1887 » Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player († 1956)
Died on February 22
- 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
- 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
- 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
- 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
- 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
- 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
- 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
- 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
- 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
- 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
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.
- April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
- 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.
- October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
- November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
The weather on Tuesday February 22, 1881
The temperature on February 22, 1881 was about 5.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI