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• Adriana Tas, Utrecht († 1943)
• Anthonie Frederik Kool, Hei-en Boeicop († 1971)
• Albertus van der Linde, Farmsum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinus Galesloot, Utrecht, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Wilhelmina Jansen, Amsterdam († 1961)
• Catharina Maria Zijlmans, Amsterdam
• Aaltgen ter Schegget, lochem († 1969)
• Aaltjen ter Schegget, Lochem († 1968)
• Agatha Hendrika van Leeuwen, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 1970)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Hubertina Kamm, Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg) († 1905)

• Cornelia de Vlaming (92), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid Holland
• Camille SARFATI (0), Alger, Algérie
• Albert Jacob van Voorst (35), Welsum (Olst)
• Anna Nielen (74), Beugen
• Barbara DEVUYST (60), Oetingen,1755,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Bernardina Catharina Borgers (8), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Koster (0), St. Annaparochie
• Abraham Johannes de Bull (21), Baarn
• Albert Jacob van Voorst (35), Welsum, Olst, Olst-Wijhe,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bloos, schiermonnikoog

• 1872 » James William McCarthy, American judge († 1939)
• 1873 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright († 1907)
• 1873 » David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1970)
• 1876 » Inez Knight Allen, Mormon missionary and Utah politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler († 1945)
• 1881 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey († 1942)
• 1884 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver († 1921)
• 1886 » Ninon Vallin, French soprano and actress († 1961)
• 1886 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and poet († 1967)
• 1889 » Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician († 1953)

• 1831 » John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
• 1853 » Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)

• 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.
• January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
• February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
• April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
• July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.

The temperature on September 8, 1881 was about 14.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.