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• Agatha Schoorl, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Alexis Joseph Lohec († 1951)
• Adriana van Mullem, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Alphons Peter willem Joseph Stultiens, Neeritter (Leudal) Midden-Limburg, Nederland
• Alexis Antoine Marie van Waijenburg, Oud-Valkenburg,Valkenburg aan de Geul,Limburg,Netherlands († 1946)
• Andreas van den Eijnden, Dommelen
• Aartje Konstapel, Stroe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1955)
• Anna Bonseler, Frensdorf, Nordhorn, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland († 1911)
• Aagje Tigchelaar, Harlingen
• Adrianus Johannes Geerts, Bokhoven († 1881)

• Adriana Van Thillo (82), Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België
• Albertus Ludovicus Saenen (0), Testelt
• Andreas Joannes Baptista Versteegen (82), Maasniel
• Alida Goor (43), Kralingen, South Holland, Netherlands
• Alexander James Chesnut (71), Georgia
• Adriana Spuij (77), Pernis
• Abraham van der Windt (34), in de Maas
• Bartha Geertruida de Groot (0), Achttienhoven, De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Doveren (9), Kerkrade (L
• Adriaan de Rooij (49), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1871 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician († 1910)
• 1874 » Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator († 1925)
• 1876 » Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland († 1963)
• 1878 » Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer († 1959)
• 1880 » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1959)
• 1883 » Jules Berry, French actor and director († 1951)
• 1885 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator († 1935)
• 1885 » Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author († 1960)
• 1889 » Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter († 1928)
• 1891 » Ronald Colman, English-American actor († 1958)

• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)

• 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.
• March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
• April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on February 9, 1881 was about 4.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.