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• Adriana van Lent, Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1961)
• Adriana Sara de Bruijne, Hoek, ZL.NL († 1963)
• Aaltje Willems Koster, Avereest († 1942)
• Nuytten, Beselare († 1881)
• Albertus Kerkhof, Nistelrode
• Achiel Jozef Corneel Madou, Adinkerke, De Panne, België († 1944)
• Albert Willem Broerse, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Aleida Zernitz, Groenlo (Oost Gelre)
• Alberdina Pereboom, Vriezenveen († 1883)
• (Stillborn) VAN DE RIET, Ellerhuizen (Bedum) Groningen Netherlands († 1881)

• Arend Hanzes Bouwhuis (39), Vledder
• Arie Van Rijn (51)
• Agnes Reuselaar (68), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje van Eijl (29), Brandwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Gosses van Dam (82), Wytfean
• Anna Cornelia Eberlein (64), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Adriana Maria de Ridder (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van der Meij (0), Voorschoten
• Anna de Cock (23), Kampen
• Anna Leerhoff (5), Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois

• 1867 » Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1958)
• 1872 » Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer on the RMS Titanic († 1912)
• 1873 » Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader († 1966)
• 1874 » Gustav Holst, English composer and educator († 1934)
• 1878 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager († 1951)
• 1882 » Geevarghese Ivanios, Indian metropolitan († 1953)
• 1884 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician and theorist († 1944)
• 1890 » Charles William Train, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1965)
• 1890 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot († 1916)
• 1894 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer and businessman († 1952)

• 1832 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (b. 1771)
• 1860 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (b. 1788)
• 1874 » Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)
• 1880 » Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)
• 1887 » Wazid Ali Shah, last Nawab of Awadh (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
• 1905 » Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)

• 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.
• March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
• April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• 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.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

The temperature on September 21, 1881 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.