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• Aartje Dijkkamp, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1902)
• age gerritsz van der heide, drachten
• Age Gerrits van der Heide, Noorderdrachten (Smallingerland), Nederland († 1919)
• Age van der Heide, Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1919)
• Age van der Heide, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1919)
• Alida Kleij, Wormer († 1938)
• Ada Lilian Bown, Evercreech, Somerset, England († 1939)
• Abraham Marcus Sanders, Rotterdam († 1904)
• Albert Theunisz Slootheer, Lemsterland =Lemmer, fr.nld
• Albertus Gerardus Berghuis, Ootmarsum

• Anna Cornelia Thomassen (56), Alphen en Riel, Alphen-Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Auke Sytzes Wiegersma (49), Wirdum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Van Zal, Jutphaas
• Broer Pieters Dikkes (19), Noordzee, Hindeloopen
• Apolonia van Niele (53), Veur, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia van Niele (53), Veur (Leidschendam), Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Alles Wijkstra (48), Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Hijken)
• Amelia Francisca Deruyter (42), Klerken
• Anna Kolb (67), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Nederland
• Anna van de Water (74), Erp

• 1855 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor († 1920)
• 1857 » William V. Ranous, American actor and director († 1915)
• 1858 » Adolph Ochs, American publisher († 1935)
• 1859 » Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician († 1906)
• 1860 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author († 1895)
• 1863 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright († 1938)
• 1863 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist († 1945)
• 1864 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist († 1922)
• 1869 » George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1947)
• 1874 » Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer († 1949)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

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 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
• 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 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.

The temperature on March 12, 1861 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 5.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.