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• Aaltje Vrij, Nieuwendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Annetje van de Streek, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1878)
• Adriana Boode, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Adriaan Michielsen, Middelburg († 1862)
• annigje DALM, oud-beijerland († 1881)
• Aleida Hageman, Avereest († 1917)
• Alice Augusta Laurentia Fox-Pitt, London, Middlesex, England († 1947)
• Anthonie Hageman, Utrecht († 1866)
• Anna Maria Isabella Baplu‏, Vorst, België
• Anna Gesina Ahrens, Emen, Haren (Ems)

• Adrianus Jansz Bos (82), Maasland
• Adrianus Jansz. BOS (82), Maasland
• Anna Cornelia Van Linden (87), Hoevenen, 2940, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adrianus, Janszoon Bos (82), Vlaardingen
• Aaltje Alberts (Aaltien) Kuiper (53), Musselkanaal, Groningen, NL
• Determann (0), Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriaan Janszn Bos (82), Maasland
• Adrianus Bos (82), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert WERFF (60), Kampen
• Aafje Vreeken (24), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1852 » Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany († 1926)
• 1853 » Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor († 1932)
• 1856 » Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1941)
• 1857 » Fred Archer, English jockey († 1886)
• 1858 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges († 1947)
• 1859 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India († 1925)
• 1864 » Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician († 1946)
• 1867 » Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic († 1927)
• 1868 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician († 1940)
• 1870 » Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator († 1945)

• 1824 » Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1736)
• 1836 » John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
• 1843 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
• 1866 » Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
• 1866 » John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
• 1867 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)

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.
• January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on January 11, 1861 was about -5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.