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• Aaltje Spil, den haag (zuid holland) († 1920)
• Anke Uilkes Haanstra, Appelscha(FR) († 1941)
• Adriana (1) van der Most, Rotterdam († 1861)
• Angelus Franciscus Van Der Hoeven, Boechout, Antwerpen, België
• Petrus Benedictus Mel, Boschkapelle († 1928)
• Adrianus Kol, Ooltgensplaat († 1866)
• Amelia Kentie, Wijk, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Gertrude Van Boemel, Cincinnati, Ohio († 1940)
• Aaltje SPIL, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Aartje Adriana Haksteen, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1932)

• Klazema (0)
• Arend Jans Steen (80), Aarlanderveen
• Aleida van Heumen (78), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Antonie Vollenberg (76), Venray
• Anna Hendrika Kromhout van der Meer (2), Ommerschans
• Aalt Nagelhoud (Nagelhout) (41), Elburg, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anna Johanna Barbara van der Ploeg, Heusden
• Adriana de Kroo (0), Vrouwenpolder
• Aagje Romijn (1), vlist (zuid holland)
• Anna Carolina Schickendantz (65), Amersfoort

• 1837 » Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company († 1899)
• 1844 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint († 1879)
• 1858 » Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist († 1922)
• 1863 » Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden († 1955)
• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)

• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)

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.
• February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
• August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
• November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

The temperature on January 7, 1861 was about -8.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.