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• Anna Maria Verdonck, Geel, 2440, België
• Annetta Hendrika Louwe, Wijk aan Zee en Duin († 1911)
• Verkam, Serooskerke (Zeeland) NL
• Joortje van Konijnenburg, Oegstgeest († 1944)
• Anna Maria Pubben, Weert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1923)
• Dirk Groenendijk, Bodegraven († 1937)
• Anthonius Theodorus Wilhelmus Ebbinkhuijsen, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1899)
• Allegonda van der Zande, Weurt, Gemeente Beuningen, Gelderland, Niederlande († 1881)
• Adrianus Breedijk, Capelle aan de IJssel († 1891)
• Alexander Eduard Vrijheer van Hoyningen-Hüne, St. Petersburg († 1932)

• Arij van Embden (69), Vlaardingen
• Adriana Alida Daalmeijer (0), Schiedam
• Arend HAMMINK (93), Hummelo en Keppel, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Barend Hendrik TER BEEST (49)
• Boele Jans Oosterdijk (86), no. 45, Oldeholtpade, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Stokhof de Jong (44), Nieuwer Amstel
• Abraham TUBIANA (77), Alger, Algérie
• Ariaantje Schipper (45), Kralingen, South Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Johannes Theodoor Hogerwaard (61), Maastricht, Gemeente Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• ARIJ VAN EMBDEN (69), VLAARDINGEN

• 1844 » Gustave Schlumberger, French historian († 1929)
• 1845 » John J. Gardner, American politician († 1921)
• 1853 » Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia († 1920)
• 1859 » Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator († 1935)
• 1860 » Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary († 1927)
• 1864 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer († 1943)
• 1865 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1950)
• 1867 » Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí († 1956)
• 1871 » Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
• 1876 » Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist († 1944)

• 1806 » Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)
• 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)

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 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
• December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on October 17, 1861 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.