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• Aaltje Popkes van Asperen, Sijbrandaburen, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 1925)
• Hofkens Maria Catharina, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Tol, Schiedam,- († 1943)
• Adrianus van Geel, Woensdrecht († 1918)
• Anna Jacomina van der Mast, Oude Tonge ( ZH Nederland)
• Adriana Heun, Sint Maartensdijk († 1957)
• Anna Jacomina van der Mast, Oude Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aimé BISSON, Mareuil sur Cher,,41 († 1961)
• Andries Gerrit Scheele, Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland († 1916)
• Adriaan Hermanus Coenraads, Essen (België)

• Adriana Stokkermans (35), Tilburg
• Anthonie Jung (71), Rotterdam
• Adriana van der Graaf (45), Papendrecht
• Aart Teunis Kooijman (59), Zwijndrecht, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• "Marie" Louise Blanche Charlotte de Ferragut (55), château d'Heuqueville, Heuqueville, Eure, France
• Alfons Stoop (0), Melsele
• Anna Pauwlina van DELDEN (54), Apeldoorn, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Kurvink (0), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Jacoba van der Steeg (1), Haarlem
• Anna Maria van Kappel (49), Raamsdonkveer

• 1876 » Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist († 1961)
• 1877 » Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1945)
• 1877 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player († 1949)
• 1878 » J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian († 1966)
• 1878 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1942)
• 1878 » Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director († 1968)
• 1883 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player († 1934)
• 1884 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist († 1961)
• 1884 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director († 1947)
• 1886 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor († 1957)

• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

• 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.
• April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
• November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

The temperature on September 1, 1881 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.