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• Alida Focke, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Adèle Mathilde VANHECKE, Brugge, 31005, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1951)
• Anna van DEN BROEK, Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Albertus Wilhelmus Krosse, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• * Truida Johanna Maas, Nieuw Helvoet
• Abraham van der Reijden, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Adrianus Wijnnobel, Leiden
• Andries Swart, Joure (HAS), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1965)
• Anna Maria Einspannier, Bersede, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Abraham Jacobus de Vries, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1912)

• Adelaida Lampe (2)
• Adrianus Fens (80), Breda
• Anna Margaretha Gebben (75), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Albert Jan Brouwer (0), Collendoorn
• Anthonij Stokvis (46), Amsterdam
• Arie Slagt (0), Kwadijk
• Aaltje Timmerman (32), Staphorst, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Berend Pasman (45), Meppel
• Antonius Franciscus Reijnders (0), IJsselstein, Utrecht, NL
• Joanna Vermeulen (57), Angeren (Bemmel)

• 1873 » James Harcourt, English character actor († 1951)
• 1875 » Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet and lawyer († 1909)
• 1879 » Paul Poiret, French fashion designer († 1944)
• 1882 » Holland Smith, American general († 1967)
• 1884 » Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet and educator († 1915)
• 1884 » Oliver Kirk, American boxer († 1960)
• 1884 » Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1966)
• 1889 » Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist († 1996)
• 1889 » Marie-Antoinette de Geuser, French mystic († 1918)
• 1889 » Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland († 1918)

• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)

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.
• April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
• April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.

The temperature on April 20, 1881 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.