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• Alida Turksma, Drachten († 1942)
• Adriana Marhgaretha, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anna Henderika Wolthers, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus LAGARDE, Alphen (gemeente Appeltern)
• Alida Helena Maria Kolenberg, Schiedam († 1882)
• Aafje Rood, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Sluurman, Haren, Drenthe, Nederland († 1917)
• Anna Catharina Tempelaars, Ruhrort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1911)
• Adriana Margaretha Linkong, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aafje Rood, Hoogwoud

• Adriana van Swol (85), Made en Drimmelen,Noord Brabant
• Anna, Maria Koks (61), Vlaardingen
• Annechien Boon (57), Stadskanaal
• Anna Maria Louise d'Aulnis de Bourouill (35), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Bruyssel (58)
• Anna Maria Louise d'Aulnis (35), Amsterdam
• Pijl (0), Kralingen
• Barta Bezem
• Aris Fransz van Breugel (1), Waddinxveen
• Anna Maria Louise barones d’Aulnis de Bourouill (35), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands

• 1878 » Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer († 1949)
• 1879 » Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1964)
• 1879 » William Stickney, American golfer († 1944)
• 1880 » Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist and academic († 1967)
• 1882 » Marie Doro, American actress († 1956)
• 1883 » Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower († 1965)
• 1886 » Philip Murray, Scottish-American miner and labor leader († 1952)
• 1886 » Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist († 1945)
• 1887 » Padre Pio, Italian priest and saint († 1968)
• 1888 » Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter († 1969)

• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (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.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
• 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 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
• November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
• December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

The temperature on May 25, 1881 was about 17.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.