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• Abraham den Engelse, Zevenbergen († 1882)
• Aleida Louisa Welling, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1882)
• Rutten, Merkelbeek, Limburg, Netherlands
• Rosalia Wouters, Koewacht
• * Jan Peter van Hemert, Hei en Boeicop († 1965)
• Agnes Anna Maria Helbes, Utrecht († 1957)
• Abrahamina Jacoba Lindhout, Oud-Vossemeer († 1955)
• ? ? († 1935)
• Amalie Elkeles, Poznan, Wlkp., Poland († 1882)
• Aagje Bijl, Den Helder, Nederland († 1961)

• Ansel Seth Jenne (72), Litchfield, Medina, Ohio, United States
• Charles van Thienen (34), op zee tussen Java en Nederland
• Albert Gerrits Koetsier (69), Kampen
• Antje Koopman (25), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Ligthart (0), Vlaardingen
• Alberta de Graaf (0), Heerde (Gl)
• Antonius Gerardus Johannis van Straaten (19), Vianen, Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Eleanor Charlotte Smith (0), Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
• Anthonia Kroeftum (41), Bergambacht, Gemeente Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertina van Pol (63), Montfort

• 1869 » Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic († 1945)
• 1869 » Walford Davies, English organist and composer († 1941)
• 1876 » John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1879 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1956)
• 1879 » Max Schreck, German actor († 1936)
• 1885 » Otto Kruger, American actor († 1974)
• 1888 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom († 1969)
• 1889 » Louis Silvers, American composer († 1954)
• 1890 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer († 1960)
• 1892 » Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)

• 1836 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
• 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
• 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)

• 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.
• June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
• July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
• July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
• November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
• December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

The temperature on September 6, 1881 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.