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• Adrianus Casper Honders-, Nigtevecht, Nederland († 1917)
• Akke Wietzes Veenstra, Haulerwijk († 1927)
• Aartje van Dijk, Lekkerkerk († 1935)
• Akke Veenstra, Haulerwijk († 1927)
• Adriaan Beljaars, IJsselmuiden, Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1938)
• Adrianus Vermaas, Zuid-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Albert Koek(k)oek, Bunne ( Vries ) († 1861)
• Adrianus van Asselt, Maartensdijk († 1931)
• Albert Snijder, Kerkenbosch (Drenthe: Zuidwolde) († 1929)
• Aalbert Nuijen, Garderen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1932)

• Bauke Gerbens van der Veen (73), Zevenhuizen
• Albertus Linders Leenders, Nijmegen (Neerbosch)
• Barend Peerlenberg (77), Utrecht
• Arnoldus van Rijswijk (72), Loon op Zand
• Sytske Hessels Haarsma (83), Wymbritseradeel
• Antonius Bergmans (24), Cuijk en Sint Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Campen (69), Huijbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Bernardus Vedder (53), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Norbertus Bergmans (81), Hersselt
• Albertus Linders (0), Neerbosch, Nijmegen

• 1845 » Alexander III of Russia († 1894)
• 1846 » Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln († 1850)
• 1849 » Hallie Quinn Brown, African-American educator, writer and activist († 1949)
• 1850 » Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer († 1906)
• 1853 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1930)
• 1867 » Hector Guimard, French-American architect († 1942)
• 1867 » Lillian Wald, American nurse, humanitarian, and author, founded the Henry Street Settlement († 1940)
• 1870 » David Riazanov, Russian theorist and politician († 1938)
• 1873 » Jakob Wassermann, German-Austrian soldier and author († 1934)
• 1876 » Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor († 1973)

• 1826 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (b. 1758)
• 1832 » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
• 1861 » Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (b. 1814)
• 1872 » Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (b. 1825)
• 1897 » Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (b. 1831)
• 1898 » Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
• 1913 » Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (b. c.1820)

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 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
• January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• 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 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.

The temperature on March 10, 1861 was about 9.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.