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• Alewijna Dingena Geense, Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje [Alice] Hoekstra, IJsbrechtum, Friesland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adrianus Rekelhof, Mijdrecht
• Adrianus Paling, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Hermanna Louisa ten Berge, Groningen, gemeente Groningen, provincie Groningen, Nederland († 1883)
• Adrianus Paling, utrecht († 1936)
• Anna Kuntkes, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1927)
• Alfred Ingram Chapman († 1963)
• Adriana van Krieken, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1881)
• Annigje Huisman, 's-Gravendeel, ZH, Nederland († 1966)

• Annetje van Leeuwen (71), Oosterland
• Andreas van Bodegem (74), Cadzand
• Amelia Devriendt (65), Hooglede,8830,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Ankje Larooi (28), Menaldumadeel
• Anna Maria Out (39), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arentie Berkelaar VERSCHOOR (75), Rotterdam
• Anthonij Anthonie Fiegee Fiegeé (37), Schiedam
• Arendje Adriana Don (1), Dordrecht
• Amelia Devriendt (65), Hooglede West-Vlaanderen België
• Aart DE JONGSTE (39), Numansdorp

• 1874 » Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer († 1929)
• 1874 » Stanisław Taczak, Polish general († 1960)
• 1875 » Albert I of Belgium († 1934)
• 1882 » (O.S. 27 March) - Dmytro Doroshenko, Lithuanian-Ukrainian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine († 1951)
• 1883 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia († 1936)
• 1883 » R. P. Keigwin, English cricketer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator († 1951)
• 1886 » Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright († 1967)
• 1888 » Dennis Chávez, American journalist and politician († 1962)
• 1889 » Adrian Boult, English conductor († 1983)

• 1848 » Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
• 1860 » István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791)
• 1861 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)
• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)

• 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.
• March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• 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.
• November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.

The temperature on April 8, 1881 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.