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• Adrianus NUGTEREN, Alblasserdam
• Albert van den Burg, Doornspijk († 1937)
• Alida Stoltenkamp, Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1936)
• Agnes E. ROBERTSON
• Adrianus Jacobus Guldemond, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Albert van den Burg, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus Maasbach, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1907)
• Adrianus Zeeman, Monster, Nederland
• Alexander Greening, Tickle Cove, Bonavista, Newfoundland
• Agnes Smith, England († 1920)

• Albert van Brederode (21), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Adriana Dis van (31), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus de Wringer (58), Leiden
• Arie Spruijt \ Spruit (83), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Adriana van dis (31), Willemstad
• Adriaan Snap (40), Zaamslag
• Aafien Wijngaard (47)
• Aalt van Beek (5), Ede
• ?? Struijk (0), Pernis
• Abraham Adler (3), Heubach, Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland

• 1847 » Koos de la Rey, South African general († 1914)
• 1850 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia († 1908)
• 1858 » Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein († 1921)
• 1859 » Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria († 1949).
• 1865 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator († 1943)
• 1870 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1870 » Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet († 1945)
• 1873 » Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat († 1950)
• 1873 » Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator († 1906)
• 1875 » David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician († 1962)

• 1847 » Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
• 1853 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
• 1859 » Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Lewis Majendie, English politician (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (b. 1846)
• 1902 » Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
• 1914 » Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)

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 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• 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.
• July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

The temperature on October 22, 1861 was about 17.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.