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• Adriana Cornelia Van Steenis, Lienden, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1925)
• Moedt († 1881)
• Alberdina Bredenoord, Holten († 1929)
• Anna May Franz
• Anna Maria Catharina de Jong, Rotterdam
• Alida Johanna Fuchs, Amsterdam
• Alexander Koning, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1961)
• aaltje christina van WOUWE, willemstad
• Alida Paap, Zandvoort (Noord-Holland) († 1881)
• , Hem († 1942)

• Aaltje Pieters van der Molen (68), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alphonsus Boel (0), Hamme, Belgie
• Moedt (0)
• Anje Sijbrands Bruins (77), Appingedam
• Anthonie van Ginkel (0), Abcoude-Proosdij, De Ronde Venen, Utr, NL
• Adriaan Anthonij van der Weel (75), Middelburg, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna Jacobs (39), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adriana Slenders (37), Valkenswaard
• Arie van Druten (28), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Hendrik van Steennis (72), Est (NL)

• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)
• 1894 » Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar († 1994)
• 1895 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B († 1937)
• 1897 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author († 1983)
• 1897 » Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower († 1986)

• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)

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.
• February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
• 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.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on May 20, 1881 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.