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• Anna Maria # Wolf, Breitenau, Hessen-Nassau, Duitsland († 1892)
• ? Cole, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1861)
• Anna Heyboer, Oud-Vossemeer, Nederland († 1922)
• Adriana Johanna Katterlé, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1909)
• Adriaan de Ruiter, Renesse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Jaarsma, IJlst († 1875)
• Abraham Frederiksen, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland († 1863)
• Alida Elisabeth Ladan, Leiden
• Andreas Petrus Joseph ANDREOLI, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Adriaan van der Hoop, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands

• Albartus van Hoek (0), Huissen
• Aartje van Dasselaar (69), Apeldoorn
• Antje Ariensd. Zeijs alias: Sijs (75), Hensbroek, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Ariënsdr Zeijs (Sijs) (75), Hensbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Mager (0), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Sloot)
• Adrianus Jansz Hartog (63), Banda Neira, Amnoina
• Diels Jan Baptist (50), Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Voswijk (71), Buiksloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Covee (51), Terneuzen
• Anna Smeins (2), Nieuweschans

• 1842 » Adolf Bötticher, German journalist and historian († 1901)
• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)
• 1845 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the American Surety Building and Bank of the Metropolis († 1903)
• 1858 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
• 1866 » Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1870 » Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company († 1912)
• 1876 » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner († 1928)
• 1881 » Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author († 1966)
• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)

• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1817 » Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)
• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)
• 1858 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)

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 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.

The temperature on December 12, 1861 was about 9.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.