About the day » Saturday November 2, 1861Calender converter

• Amelia Verwimp, Wiekevorst, Antwerpen, België
• Antonia Schravemade, ,, den Haag, Nederland († 1861)
• Annigje Terlouw, Ridderkerk († 1936)
• Abel Meijer Meier, Foxhol, NL
• Agnes Cornelia Veldhuizen, Ede
• Adrianus Johannes Hendrikus Dijkman, Arnhem, Gelderland, NL († 1863)
• Anna Catharina Verheijen, Maasbree († 1925)
• Annigje Gerritsen, Assen
• Aaltje van Staalduinen, 's Gravenzande († 1925)
• Lulina Snijder, Meppel († 1864)

• Antoinetta Josepha Rosalia Hamers (0), Voerendaal
• Bernard Vincent D'havé (0), Eeklo
• Areke (Aarke) Ekelmans (62), Dalem
• Aagje van 't Wout (0), Alphen
• Baukje Dirks van Gorkum (74), Harlingen
• Anna Reinera Hoppenreijs (20), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas (Andries) de Meulder (Mulder) (71), Oud-en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arke EKELMANS (62), Dalem, Vuren, 1891, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Hazelhorst (0), Besthmen
• Arie Willemsz Lugtenburg (65), Rockanje, zh.nld

• 1844 » John J. Loud, American inventor († 1916)
• 1844 » Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan († 1918)
• 1847 » Georges Sorel, French philosopher and author († 1922)
• 1855 » Henrik Schück, Swedish historian, author, and academic († 1947)
• 1865 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States († 1923)
• 1877 » Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam († 1957)
• 1877 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary († 1933)
• 1877 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer († 1915)
• 1878 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna († 1930)
• 1879 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist († 1965)

• 1834 » Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (b. 1760)
• 1846 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)

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 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
• October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.

The temperature on November 2, 1861 was about 5.6 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.