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• Adrianus Uithof
• Adrianus SUIJKERBUIJK, Bergen Op Zoom (Nl)
• Adrianus Suijkerbuijk, Bergen op Zoom
• Allen Rosenberger Alderfer
• Adriana de wilde, Monster
• Annigje van Houwelingen
• Anna Maria Manders, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1958)
• Alida Jacoba Steijn, Loosduinen († 1953)
• Adrianus Konst, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Antje Schievink, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Netherlands(Leggelerveld)

• Aarnout Kramer (1), Kats
• Adriaan Hermans (0), Alphen en Riel
• Antje Redeker (70), Wervershoof
• Adolf Henneveld (0), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Addie Lee (18)
• Adolf Timmer (6), Lienden
• Aart Aarts (80), Noord-Apeldoorn
• Auke Aukes Brattinga (0), Westhem, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stals (71), Stramproy
• Anna Rinsje de Haan (68), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)
• 1889 » Paul Nash, British painter († 1946)
• 1890 » Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete († 1984)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
• 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.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on May 11, 1881 was about 9.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.