About the day » Wednesday May 4, 1881Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Ploum, Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland († 1949)
• Aleida Catharina Mentz, Amsterdam († 1897)
• Andries Symens Jellema, Sexbierum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1953)
• Adrianus Walravens, Best († 1882)
• Albertje van de Flier, Ermelo
• Penasse, Dessel,Antwerp,Belgium († 1881)
• Alexandre JORIEUX, Valenciennes... Hauts de France († 1919)
• Anna Maria Lucia Swelsen, Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anderijntje Gnodde, Vlaardingen († 1881)
• Andries Brienen, Zuilichem († 1945)

• Berend van Eijken (80), Zwartsluis, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Nl
• Anna Touw (35), Alkemade
• Adrianus Damen (17), Loon op Zand
• Antonius van der Schoot (67), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Anna Catherine Anna Snyder (75), Waynesfield, Auglaize Co, Ohio
• Aaltje Dam (23), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Binne Popkes de Vries Kooistra (60), Suameer
• Alida MORAAL (42), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Drop (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Berends van Eijken (80), Zwartsluis

• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)
• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1903 » Paul Demel, Czech actor († 1951)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)

• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)

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 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
• February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
• June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

The temperature on May 4, 1881 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.