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• Adriana Sara de Bruijne, Hoek, Nederland († 1963)
• Adam Roskam, Oostvoorne, Westvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1884)
• Albertus Anthonie Peter Hendrik van der Meer, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Thomas van Gorkom, Dordrecht († 1921)
• Diels Ludovicus Laurentius, Wortel, Antwerpen, België
• Agatha Hendrika van Leeuwen, Jutphaas, Utrecht, NL († 1970)
• Aart Mol, Ermelo († 1918)
• Adriana Wilhelmina HOFLAND, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje de Graaf, Zwartsluis, prov. Overijssel
• * Areke Monfrooij, Gorinchem († 1950)

• Anna Cornelia Kroonen (57), Halsteren
• Aart van den Hoven, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Boxma (0), Bovensmilde (Smilde)
• Anna Elisabeth Mortelmans (59), Vremde
• Annigje ten Lande (18), Basse (Steenwijkerwold)
• Donders (0), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Alvin Washburn (81), Naples Village, Ontario, New York
• Aurora van Német-Ujvár (75), Bad Ischl, 4820, Oostenrijk
• Alberdina Besselink (10), Almen (Gorssel)
• Charles-Louis De Vos (60), Schorisse

• 1872 » Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator († 1955)
• 1875 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist († 1945)
• 1876 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia († 1953)
• 1878 » James O. Richardson, American admiral († 1974)
• 1883 » Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author († 1950)
• 1885 » Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright († 1948)
• 1888 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author († 1938)
• 1888 » Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author († 1953)
• 1889 » Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician († 1970)
• 1889 » Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator († 1959)

• 1857 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
• 1890 » Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1896 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1905 » George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
• 1911 » Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
• 1915 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree
• 1924 » F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)

• 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.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
• July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
• July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.

The temperature on September 18, 1881 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.