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• Antonius Hendriks, Doesburg († 1940)
• Adelheid Franziska Bernhardine Haas, Emmerich,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Roelofje Romberg, Hoogeveen
• Arendina Fikkert, Woolde, gemeente Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert F Krebs, Berlin, Germany († 1957)
• Angela Helena Theresia Maria Möller, Lathen, Emsland
• De Haan, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1861)
• * Willem Nicolaas Danens, Gouda († 1922)
• Alfonsius Ludovicus Dupont († 1905)
• Adriana van Laarhoven

• Bastiana Mackenbach (75), Rotterdam
• Aalbert Hogeweg (56), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Ate Alles Wijnstra (48), Oppenhuizen gem. Wymbritseradeel Friesland, Nederl
• Benjamin Meinardi (42), Noordhorn, gemeente Zuidhorn
• Anna Wilhelmus Heijst van (78), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Provoost (44), Serooskerke
• Antje Groot (49), Bovenkarspel, Stede Broec,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Markus (20), Lekkerkerk
• Antonius Jansen, Reek, Nederland
• Arend Jan van den Berg (0), Kampen

• 1844 » Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor and adventurer († 1909)
• 1844 » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher († 1906)
• 1848 » E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist († 1909)
• 1857 » A. P. Lucas, English cricketer († 1923)
• 1866 » Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum († 1936)
• 1867 » Louise, Princess Royal of England († 1931)
• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)

• 1806 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725)
• 1810 » Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767)
• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)

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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• 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.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
• November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on February 20, 1861 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.