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• Adriaan Deurloo, Scherpenisse († 1930)
• Ailina Gerrittina Westerdijk († 1950)
• Aiklaar Drentje, Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Doveren, Vlijmen († 1890)
• Ailina Gerrittina Westerdijk, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1950)
• aartje van DRIEL, zuid beijerland († 1866)
• Lolkje Oenes Dijkstra, utingeradeel
• Alfred HANCHARD, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1941)
• Zaal, Alblasserdam († 1861)
• Aaldert Middelwijk, Steenwijk († 1861)

• -totgeburt- Feldhaus (0), Alstatte (DU)
• Antje Boorsma (0), Dokkum
• Adriana Pieternella Birkhoff (58), ooltgensplaat (goeree overflakkee)
• Amelia De Bruyne (0), Jabbeke
• Akke Jans van der Meer* (71), Heerenveen, 8448, Nederland
• Aagje van den Berg (4), Steenwijk
• Anna Johannes van MERODE (74), Roosendaal-Nispen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Anastasia Vanbockstaele (65), Sint Maria Oudenhove
• Albertje Roelofs Stobbe (67), Luxwoude, 8405, Nederland
• Ale Annes van der Velde (70), IJlst

• 1854 » Eusapia Palladino, Italian Spiritualist († 1918)
• 1854 » Karl Julius Beloch, German classical and economic historian († 1929)
• 1855 » Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies († 1874)
• 1860 » Karl Staaff, Swedish lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Sweden († 1915)
• 1864 » Israel Zangwill, British author († 1926)
• 1865 » Heinrich Albers-Schonberg, German gynecologist and radiologist († 1921)
• 1867 » Ludwig Thoma, German paramedic and author († 1921)
• 1867 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general († 1965)
• 1868 » Felix Hoffmann, German chemist († 1946)
• 1869 » Grigori Rasputin, Russian Mystic († 1916)

• 1814 » Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (b. 1737)
• 1823 » Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (b. 1761)
• 1831 » Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (b. 1781)
• 1851 » Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (b. 1801)
• 1862 » Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1870 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)
• 1872 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)

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 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
• November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.
• 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.
• December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.

The temperature on January 21, 1861 was about 2.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.