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• Adriana Voorend, Montfoort († 1936)
• Grietje Johanna Drenth († 1938)
• Adriana Hendrika Niessen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Abeltje Bootsma, Woudsend († 1910)
• Anna Elisabeth van der Zanden, Mierlo
• Alje Jongman, Termunten, Groningen, Nederland († 1952)
• Addie Hughey, Otter Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States († 1927)
• Adrianus Jacobus Christiaan Snoek, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 1923)
• Allegonda Maria van den Reek, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Alijda Klasina Croon, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Achza Johannes Cammenga (62), Harlingen
• Adam Klop (74), Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda van Bragt (60), Beek en Donk
• Adam Klop (74), Hardinxveld
• Adriaan Aanraad (40), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Pieter Filius (0), Wissenkerke, Nederland
• Anktje Pieters Ophuis (39), Doezum
• Amanda Bean BOORSE (22)
• Alida BUIJKMAN (33), Hoorn, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Vlaardingenbroek (0), Pijnacker

• 1843 » Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward († 1913)
• 1848 » Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1854 » Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman († 1902)
• 1861 » Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, duchess of Albany († 1922)
• 1862 » Mori Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and poet († 1922)
• 1864 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1941)
• 1864 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter († 1929)
• 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)

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 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
• November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

The temperature on February 17, 1861 was about 9.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.