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• Anna Maria Rissik, Linschoten (gem. Montfoort, Utrecht) († 1931)
• Anna Berends' van der Scheer, Wapenveld († 1932)
• Sipkema, Leeuwarden († 1861)
• Adriaan de Geus, Dongen
• Abraham de Zeeuw, Vlaardingen
• Aggie Moose, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1929)
• Anna Maria Rissik, Linschoten († 1931)
• Aagje van Hoften, Middelharnis († 1863)
• Albertus de Groen, Zaandam
• Adolf Reinhold Schmock, Lobsens, Westpreussen, Deutschland († 1879)

• Ann Nancy Macdonell (64)
• Anthony van Hulten (21), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje Bezemer (66), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• antje BEZEMER (66), 's-gravendeel
• Adriaan van den Baar (77), Aalst, Nederland
• Aaltje Kuiper (0), Heeg
• Antje Jacobsd BESEMER (66), 's-Gravendeel
• Alida Jans Kramer (85)
• Abigail WHITING (82), Hamilton, 1654306, Ontario, Canada
• Achille Emile VANHAECKE (3), Zegerscappel... Hauts de France

• 1858 » Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts († 1914)
• 1861 » Omar Bundy, American general († 1940)
• 1861 » Pete Browning, American baseball player († 1905)
• 1863 » Charles Michael, duke of Mecklenburg († 1934)
• 1865 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician († 1915)
• 1867 » Flora Finch, English-American actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author († 1922)
• 1867 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian († 1948)
• 1871 » James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist († 1938)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)

• 1797 » Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)

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.
• April 20 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
• May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
• July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
• October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.

The temperature on June 17, 1861 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.