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• Agnes Sabourin, Quebec
• Adriana Jochems, Zundert
• Adriaan Meerman, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Adriana Elizabeth Fonteine, Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland
• 00 Leendert Prins, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Aaltje Elbert, Woolde, Overijssel, Nederland († 1958)
• Aaltje Elbert, Hengelo-Woolde († 1958)
• Albertje Freerks Jansma, Hemrik, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1971)
• aimé louis jh. GARDIEN, Sars-la-Bruyère (Belgium)
• Cornelis Starrevelt, utrecht († 1881)

• Aukje Freerks Postma (52), Drogeham
• Bertha Mariah SANNER (3), District of Columbia, United States of America
• Anna Maria Harman (39), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arius Johannes Oskam (0), Houten
• Aafje Koster (50), Berkhout
• Barber Jannes Leutscher (76), Leegkerk
• Aukjen Freerks Postma (52), Drogeham, Friesland, Nederland
• Aukjen Freerks Postma (52), Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Claauwer (60), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafje Koster (50), Berkhout

• 1870 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor († 1935)
• 1876 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic († 1957)
• 1877 » Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient († 1959)
• 1878 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua († 1923)
• 1879 » Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist († 1985)
• 1883 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic († 1946)
• 1884 » Frederick Lorz, American runner († 1914)
• 1884 » Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author († 1969)
• 1884 » Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer († 1957)
• 1892 » Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter († 1944)

• 1866 » John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)

• 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.
• January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
• 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.
• July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on June 5, 1881 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.