About the day » Monday December 30, 1861Calender converter

• Agnes Alida Veldhuizen, IJsselstein
• Antje Hylkema, Tzummarum/ Barradeel
• (1) Beitske Uilkes Zwaan, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland Nederland († 1883)
• Aartje VAN DULST, Streefkerk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1951)
• Anna Meghelina Deelen, Stiphout († 1862)
• Aartje van Dulst, Streefkerk († 1951)
• Antje Ales Hylkema, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aartje van Duist, Streefkerk († 1951)
• Albertus Franciscus Velzeboer, Purmerend († 1932)
• Alphonsine Augustine AUBRY, Montmartin-en-Graignes, 50348, Manche, Normandie, France († 1922)

• Adriana Cornelia Kievits (37), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Jacobs Kleijnendorst (37), Westmaas
• Adriana KLEINENDORST (37), Westmaas
• Adriana Jacobs Kleinendorst (37), Westmaas
• Aagje Aartsdr in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt) (59), Sint Anthoniepolder, Nederland
• Aagje in 't VELD (59), Sint Anthoniepolder, gemeente Maasdam
• Aaltjen Jannessen (40), Bathmen
• Albertus Leijgraaff (57), Wageningen
• Akkéa Schakelaar (1), Groningen (Groningen)
• Aaltjen Arends (77), Deventer

• 1849 » John Milne, English seismologist and geologist († 1913)
• 1851 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta († 1929)
• 1853 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1929)
• 1857 » Sylvio Lazzari, French-Austrian composer († 1944)
• 1865 » Rudyard Kipling, Indian-English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1869 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna († 1918)
• 1869 » Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author († 1944)
• 1873 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York († 1944)
• 1878 » William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, 7th Premier of Alberta († 1943)
• 1879 » Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher († 1950)

• 1788 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1702)
• 1803 » Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (b. 1713)
• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
• 1928 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)

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 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
• December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on December 30, 1861 was about -1.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.