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• Alberdina Schuurhuis, Dedemsvaart († 1922)
• Adrianus Petrus de Wit, Zijpe, Zeeland, Nederland († 1970)
• Alexander Hendrik Harrand, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Francina van Dijk, Monster († 1881)
• Adrianus Petrus van Opstal, Meerle (België) († 1953)
• Agatha Semmetje Jacoba Koeroo, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Abraham Andries Brevet, Cadzand († 1949)
• Albert Delfsma, Donkerbroek († 1951)
• Adriana van den Berg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1882)
• Aleida Harmelink, Vasse, Tubbergen

• Anne Marie Verhofstadt (75), Nistelrode, Nederland
• Anna Maria Goossens (70), Velden
• Anna Koudijs (0), Alkemade
• Adam Spoor (72), Velsen
• Anna Koudijs (0), Alkemade
• Adam Spoor(s), Velsen
• Anna Troost (70), Almelo, stad
• Anna Vermeulen (0), Papendrecht
• Anna Catharina Horsting (29), Arnhem,Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland
• Adam Spoor (73)

• 1877 » Edith New, British militant suffragette († 1951)
• 1877 » Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher († 1920)
• 1880 » Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer († 1912)
• 1880 » Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1952)
• 1881 » Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1884 » Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player († 1934)
• 1885 » Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete († 1913)
• 1886 » Princess Patricia of Connaught († 1974)
• 1888 » Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1961)
• 1889 » Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator († 1931)

• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)

• 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.
• 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 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• 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.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on March 17, 1881 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.