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• Adriana Arnolda Oostendorp, Helder († 1933)
• Aaltje Palland, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Helmig, Haarlemmermeer
• Afien Siekman, Garnwerd (Ezinge) Gem Winsum († 1883)
• Welmers, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Theresia Van De Looverbosch, Rijkevorsel
• Albinia Frederica Hobart-Hampden, London, Middlesex, England († 1932)
• Annigje Hoksbergen, Kampen († 1937)
• Adriaan Henricus Dionijsius van Gog, Tilburg, Nbr.NL. (Goirke) († 1925)
• Aimé Alfred Baudry, Sauqueville, 76550, FRANCE

• Antonius Castelijns (46), Hoogeloon
• Anthonius Kievidts (63), Baardwijk
• Aaltje Taekes HOEKSTRA (59), Nuis Groningen Netherlands
• adriana VISSER (23), 's-gravendeel(zh)
• Annetje Jansdr. Troost (67), Texel, Nederland
• Adriana Zijlmans (0), Raamsdonkveer
• Antonie Kasteleyns (46), Hoogeloon
• Antonie de Koning (45), Oud-Vossemeer
• Annetje Jandr Troost (67), Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Prinsen (77), Hilvarenbeek

• 1850 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist († 1930)
• 1852 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1858 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist († 1935)
• 1859 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel († 1935)
• 1863 » Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author († 1930)
• 1864 » Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general († 1927)
• 1871 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop († 1940)
• 1873 » Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1944)
• 1873 » Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens († 1939)
• 1873 » Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer († 1916)

• 1793 » Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)
• 1797 » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)
• 1806 » Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
• 1808 » John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1831 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
• 1873 » George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)

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.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
• 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 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

The temperature on October 9, 1861 was about 20.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.