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April 14, 1881Born on Friday April 15, 1881
- Alida Engelberta van den Assem, Delft († 1945)
- Aaltje HAARSMA, Hemelumer Oldeferd(Friesland) († 1963)
- Rinkel, Hilversum († 1881)
- Adriana de Leeuw, Heusden, 5256, Nederland († 1953)
- Albertus Marinus Disselköter, Amsterdam († 1969)
- Abraham Pieter Bergen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
- Alberdina Meinen, Zaandam († 1904)
- Akke Harmens van Hes, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1883)
- Aaltje Schep, Snelrewaard († 1943)
- Lambregts († 1881)
Died on Friday April 15, 1881
- Adriana LEE (80), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- 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 Sjoerds Terpstra (47), Burum
- Abraham Boer (45), Borgercompagnie, Sappemeer
- Aard van den Berg (84), Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland
- Adrianus Deijkers (71), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Abraham Hanssen Boer (45)
- Adrianus van der Put (44), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
- Albertus van Gelderen (69), Wijk bij Duurstede
- Abraham van Berkel (69), Leiden
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 15, 1881 at Delpher
Born on April 15
- 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)
Died on April 15
- 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)
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.
- May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
- July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
- November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
- November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
The weather on Friday April 15, 1881
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%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI