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• Anna Elisabeth Dekker, Kralingen
• Anna Gustava Runnqvist
• Albert Wolters, Emmen († 1968)
• Albert Kampherbeek, Venebrugge († 1964)
• Albert Kampferbeek, Vennebrügge († 1964)
• Anna Catharina Hissink, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1959)
• Tellegen, Epe
• alida de clerck, amsterdam, noord holland, nederland († 1881)
• Aaltje Guichelaar, Tiendeveen († 1962)
• Antoinette Helena Smink, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)

• Antonia van Pelt (1), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria HEERINGS (66), Asten(N-Br.)
• Adrianus Johannes Meijs (0), Scheveningen
• Achie in 't VELD (19), Dubbeldam
• Antje Alkema (39), Wonseradeel gem. Súdwest-Fryslân Fr. Nederland
• Albert Huizing (0), Kantens
• Achie (Aagje) in 't Veld (19), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aarjen Gerritsz Geus (75), Den Burg
• Catharina Elisabeth ERDEKENS (70), Lommel, Province of Limburg, Belgium
• Aagje in't Veld (19), Dubbeldam

• 1878 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer († 1945)
• 1879 » Milutin Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist († 1958)
• 1883 » Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village († 1978)
• 1883 » Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician († 1966)
• 1884 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia († 1948)
• 1886 » Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster († 1954)
• 1888 » Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach († 1953)
• 1888 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1888 » Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator († 1947)
• 1889 » Richard Réti, Slovak-Czech chess player and author († 1929)

• 1831 » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (b. 1756)
• 1843 » Noah Webster, American lexicographer (b. 1758)
• 1849 » Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
• 1864 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)
• 1878 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
• 1927 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)

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).
• May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

The temperature on May 28, 1881 was about 15.7 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.