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• Abraham van Zandwijk, Montfoort {UT} († 1881)
• Siteur, Vinkeveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Hoekstra, Leeuwarderadeel († 1960)
• Alexander Dingsdag, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Cornelis Over, den helder († 1951)
• Afke Klazes Bijl, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Netherlands († 1882)
• Afke Klases Bijl, Broek, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Netherlands († 1882)
• Sportel, Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1881)
• adriaantje maatje van PROOIJEN, nieuw-beijerland
• Anke Laverman, Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1883)

• Abraham Sorber (33), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anton Hubertus (Antoon Hubert) Vos (63), Echt
• Adolf Carl Wagner (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Silvius (3), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Amelia Meddeler (47), Gelselaar
• Adriana Snijders (86), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederlnd
• Adriana Maria Oerlemans (0)
• Adrianus Marinus de SEL (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Schabbink (58), Rijssen
• Anna Schabbink (58), Rijssen

• 1865 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general († 1943)
• 1867 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)
• 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)
• 1882 » Albert Coates, English composer and conductor († 1953)
• 1888 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1889 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral († 1942)
• 1893 » Frank Borzage, American actor and director († 1952)
• 1895 » Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director († 1982)
• 1897 » Folke Jansson, American general († 1965)

• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)

• 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 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
• May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.

The temperature on April 23, 1881 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.