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• Andries Wybes Postma, Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1907)
• Adriana Maria Reinsbergen, Schiedam († 1940)
• Alieda Theresia Eulalia Cordromp, Surakarta, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia († 1938)
• Albert Tangenberg, Gasselte, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alberta Swaters, Lochem (NL) († 1901)
• Adolph Elkan Levit, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten († 1953)
• Alfons VAN POTTELBERGH, Aalst,9300,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1946)
• Alida Zaalberg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hofland, Hillegersberg
• Kuyper

• Anna LENSVELT (73), Dussen, Munster en Muilkerk (tot 1908) Dussen (1908-1997) Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Kallen (1), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Alfred Edouard Louis Casimir Doudart de la Grée (40), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Prosman (75), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Vande Venne (31), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Afke Bonnes (69), Langezwaag, opsterland.fr.nld
• Antje Prosman (75), Haarlem
• Agatha Maria Phlypo (0), Zonnebeke, België
• Albert Oord (0), Paasloo, Oldemarkt,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aafkes Bonnes Bijker Bonnes (69), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1866 » Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer († 1938)
• 1866 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator († 1943)
• 1867 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American-Argentinian astronomer († 1951)
• 1872 » Albert Sarraut, French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France († 1962)
• 1874 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic († 1945)
• 1879 » Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party († 1966)
• 1879 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter († 1944)
• 1887 » Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1887 » Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author († 1983)
• 1893 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer († 1952)

• 1835 » Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)
• 1842 » Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1844 » Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
• 1869 » Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
• 1878 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)

• 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.
• May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• 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 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

The temperature on July 28, 1881 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.