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• Albert Leever, Grolloo (Rolde), Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Bonk, Lennox, Lincoln, South Dakota, United States († 1918)
• Alberdina Meinen, Zaandam († 1904)
• Adriana Smulders, Stratum († 1958)
• Alice Heyl van Herrnsheim, Worms, Rheinland-Palts († 1969)
• Aaltje Schep, Snelrewaard († 1943)
• Abraham Willem Jacobus Rietbergen, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1965)
• Aaltje Kasbergen, Gouderak († 1881)
• Adriana de Leeuw, Heusden († 1953)
• Abraham Willem Jacobus Rietbergen, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1965)

• Aaron Dawson (84), Washington, District of Columbia, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Heerschap (82), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Pieternella Middelburg (14), 's-Gravenzande
• 1er Comte de Léon Charles Léon Denuelle (74), Pontoise (Canton de Pontoise, Arrondissement de Pontoise, Département de Val-d'Oise, Region de Île-de-France)
• Aaltje Hoogschagen Roomboer (84), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Lee (79), Waalwijk
• Aart van den Berg (84), Amerongen
• Aard van den BERG (84), Amerongen (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Angelina Embrechts (35), Herenthout, België
• Amtje Spaans (72), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)
• 1883 » Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1885 » Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general († 1947)
• 1886 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic († 1921)
• 1887 » William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland († 1953)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

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 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
• July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

The temperature on April 15, 1881 was about 10.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.