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• Anje de Jager, Midwolda († 1889)
• Allegonda Maria Serjouw, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1867)
• Adriaantje Muilwijk, Maasdam(ZH) († 1933)
• Alouisius Caytant, Roeselare, Belgium († 1945)
• Anna Jacoba Maan, Maastricht († 1864)
• Antonia Festen, Mook,Mook en Middelaar († 1936)
• Tholen, Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1861)
• Adriaantje Beekman, Bruinisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1956)
• Adrianus Theodorus de Rooij, Westbroek,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Hopman, Hees (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland († 1924)

• Aart van de Graaf (61), Sliedrecht
• Adriaantje (Adriana) Langenhuijsen (Langenhuizen), Heeswijk
• Andries Dankers (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart VAN DE Graaf (61), Sliedrecht
• Aart VERBEEK (52), Delft
• Albert Ineke (0), Castricum
• Aart Verbeek (52), Delft
• Adriaantje Langenhuijzen (32), Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Maria Siemes (1), Schiedam, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltjen Zeevalkink (66), Wassinkbrink (Zelhem)

• 1841 » William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded The Kansas City Star († 1915)
• 1843 » Marriott Henry Brosius, American senator († 1901)
• 1849 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and author († 1926)
• 1850 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1921)
• 1850 » Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Austrian-Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia († 1937)
• 1857 » Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1872 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter († 1944)
• 1873 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress († 1959)
• 1875 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1937)
• 1878 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer († 1927)

• 1809 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (b. 1753)
• 1810 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (b. 1750)
• 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)
• 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
• 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
• 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
16. Mary

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
• December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on March 7, 1861 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.