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• Aaltje van Alfen, Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1923)
• Alida van As, Vreeswijk, Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1886)
• Agatha Paulina Gielbert, Bergen op Zoom († 1944)
• Anna Alida Ameijden van Duijm, van, Rotterdam († 1861)
• Alice Mary BICK, Swinfen, Lichfield, Vol 6B, P 317, Or L/20/390
• Adriana Maria Louise Johanna Veerman, Ter Heide
• Agatha Cornelia Hendrika Johanna Maazer, den haag († 1862)
• ALIDA VAN SPRONSEN, LOOSDUINEN
• Aart Van Putten, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida van Spronsen, Loosduinen

• Anna Christine Henche (26), Nenderoth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Adrianus Kaal (0), Dubbeldam
• Aart Kornelisze Vedder (75), Nijkerk
• Amos Kirkpatrick (82), Jackson, TN
• Aart Cornelissen (Kornelisen, Kornelisze, Cnelissen, Knelissen) Bart Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder) (75), Nijkerk, Nederland
• Anna Catharina GOMMERS (73), Diepenbeek, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Alida van Veen (0), Zuilichem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Aart kornelisze Vedder (75), Nijkerk
• Anna Catharina Joris (70), Westmalle
• Aaltje Koskamp (66), Dinxperlo, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1844 » Alexandra of Denmark († 1925)
• 1846 » Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher († 1923)
• 1847 » Julia A. Moore, American poet († 1920)
• 1855 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania († 1943)
• 1869 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic († 1923)
• 1871 » Archie MacLaren, English cricketer († 1944)
• 1871 » George Howard Williams, American politician and attorney, United States Senator from Missouri († 1963)
• 1883 » Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic († 1974)
• 1884 » Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher († 1976)
• 1886 » Rex Stout, American detective novelist († 1975)

• 1825 » Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)

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 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• April 20 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• 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.
• 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 December 1, 1861 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.