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• Antonie STEMPHER, Deventer († 1876)
• Bernardus Ludovicus van Blaricum, Utrecht († 1862)
• Akke Anna Heiner, Amsterdam
• Aartje Geertrui BAAK, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1864)
• Adriana van der Hoeven, Schiedam († 1863)
• Augustinus Eugenius Leirs, Herentals, België († 1948)
• Aart Wolters, Abbenbroek († 1919)
• (Jkvr) Wilhelmina Johanna Junius van Hemert, Batavia (now Djakarta), Java, Idns († 1948)
• Alphonsus Maria Marijnen, Tilburg († 1950)
• Aartje Geertrui Baak, Wageningen

• Aaltje Lukasdr Muilwijk (63), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Antonie Massier (0), Meppel
• Abijah POOLE (52), Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Ariaantje Adriana Adriaantje . Adrieana van Someren Sommeren Zomeren Soomeren (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Gerarda Rijnderina Martin (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendina Baan (21), Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aloys Deruyter (1), Klerken
• Adaniram Buckner McKinney (27), Madison County, Missouri
• Arendina Baan (21), Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnoldus Joannes Wolters (45), Losser

• 1843 » Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer († 1932)
• 1849 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer († 1945)
• 1856 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany († 1921)
• 1857 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic († 1911)
• 1861 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek playwright and composer († 1917)
• 1873 » Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1874 » Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1874 » Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic († 1949)
• 1876 » Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming († 1977)
• 1878 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player († 1938)

• 1797 » Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic (b. 1723)
• 1830 » John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
• 1846 » Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
• 1872 » Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
• 1883 » Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1894 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)
• 1918 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)

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 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• March 11 » American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
• November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
• November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

The temperature on November 29, 1861 was about 8.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.