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• Adrianus Hendriks, Chaam
• Adriaan van 't Geloof, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1862)
• ANNA GEERTRUIDA WITMOND, AMSTERDAM
• Abraham Willem van Diest, Moordrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Geertsema, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1934)
• Adolph (Adolf) Kromer, Steinschönau (Kamenický Šenov), Böhmen, Kaisertum Österreich (jetzt: Tschechien) († 1931)
• Aagje Knijnenberg, Wormerveer († 1864)
• Albertje Nieboer, Wildervank († 1945)
• Alida Sonneveldt, Fijnaart en Heijningen (N.B.)
• Adriana van der Hagen, Vlijmen († 1945)

• Antje Westermolen (7), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Jaspers (0), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje de WIT (1), Dubbeldam
• Antes Snyder (56), Pottstown, Montgomery Co., PA
• Andries Arrends (75), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Brants Oostringa (79), St Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Wit de, Dubbeldam
• Arie Cornelis Schaap (71), Terschelling
• Arendina Johanna Nikkels (13), Deventer
• Anna Maria Lammers (68), Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1849 » Henrietta Edwards, Canadian activist and author († 1931)
• 1851 » Graciano López Jaena, Filipino journalist († 1896)
• 1856 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1860 » Edward MacDowell, American pianist and composer († 1908)
• 1861 » Lionel Monckton, English composer and critic († 1924)
• 1863 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria († 1914)
• 1867 » Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player and horse breeder († 1941)
• 1869 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator († 1965)
• 1870 » Saki, British short story writer († 1916)
• 1873 » Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines († 1957)

• 1803 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)
• 1829 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)
• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)

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 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• 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.
• July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
• August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
• 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 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.

The temperature on December 18, 1861 was about 6.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.