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• Andries van den Heuvel, Haarlemmermeer († 1936)
• Alexander Maas, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1881)
• Alexander Gerhard Marie Fortwengler, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Hos, Assendelft NH NL († 1882)
• Anna "Annie" Shearer Ludwig, Berks Co, PA († 1970)
• Adriana Cornelia Brocatus, O.&.N.Gastel († 1952)
• Aleida Grada Ormel, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1882)
• Adrianus (2) Jongeneelen, Rucphen († 1882)
• Andries van Rhee, den haag († 1882)
• Albert Baudry, Berthenicourt, 02240, France

• Arnolda IJpelaer (88), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Craan (84), Oldenzaal, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Anna Craan (84), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina (Trijntje) Cobelens (56), Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Fransz Stooker (0), Papendrecht
• Antje Hendriks Spoelstra (84), Oldeholtpade nr 36 (Westst.)
• Bart van Zijl (54), Orange City (Sioux), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Caspar Liebeton (79), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Steenbergen (22), Rotterdam
• Abraham Gravendahl (67), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1869 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales († 1921)
• 1869 » Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter († 1945)
• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)
• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

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.
• March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
• April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
• June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
• December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

The temperature on May 15, 1881 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.