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• Abraham Abrahamsz Stoel, Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands († 1881)
• Slegtenhorst († 1881)
• Adriana Petronella Kiel, Haarlem († 1904)
• Adrianus Duijvenvoorde van, Rijnsburg († 1881)
• Aafje Zwagerman, Nibbixwoud († 1962)
• Adriana de Wit, Dussen († 1881)
• Adrianus van Duivenvoorde, Rijnsburg († 1881)
• Kuijpers, Dreumel, Gelderland, Nederland
• van Mil, Varik West Betuwe (GL) († 1881)
• Adriana Abramina Rijnberg, Sint Annaland (Tholen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1881)

• Adam van Riel (77), Tilburg
• Antonius Bronkhorst (0), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Voogd (83), Hoogvliet
• Arie Snoeij (0), Oostvoorne
• Anna Maria Jansen (44), Halsteren
• Alida Christina Onvlee (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Piekeboer (0), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adam van Riel (76), Tilburg
• Antje Vroetstijn (38), Hazerswoude
• Antonia Petryk (0)

• 1874 » Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer († 1949)
• 1877 » Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior († 1946)
• 1878 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint († 1903)
• 1880 » Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic († 1952)
• 1881 » Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland († 1966)
• 1882 » Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician († 1943)
• 1883 » Sándor Jávorka, Hungarian botanist († 1961)
• 1888 » Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor († 1965)
• 1888 » Walter Hermann Bucher, German-American geologist and paleontologist († 1965)
• 1890 » Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player († 1976)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

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 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
• March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
• November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.

The temperature on March 12, 1881 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.