About the day » Thursday July 28, 1881Calender converter

• Abraham de la Rie, Leiden († 1881)
• Agnes Hubertina Maria Niersmans, 's Gravenhage
• Aaltje van Essen, Oene
• Adriana Wilhelmina Loozen, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Adriana Nous, Zundert
• Kuyper
• Andries Wybes Postma, Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1907)
• Alida Theresia Eulalie Cordromp, Soeracarta, Ned. Indie († 1938)
• Assendelft 285
• Adolph Elkan Levit, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten († 1953)

• Arendina ten Berge (47), Borne
• Aafke Bonnes Bijker (69), ,,, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana GOOS (75), Meer, Hoogstraten, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Antonius Jacobus Schomaker (60), De Krim
• Albert Oord (0), Paasloo
• Grietje Piers Noordmans (56), Hennaarderadeel
• Antje van Gorkom (68), Utrecht
• Antonia Maria Ottens (1), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Arendina ten Berge (47), Borne
• Anton Jacob Schomacker (58), De Krim, Gramsbergen

• 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)

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).
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

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%.