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• Adriaensen Joanna Maria, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België († 1948)
• Adriana de Jong, Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1911)
• Aaltje Jong de, Smallingerland
• .. Meijer, Appingedam († 1861)
• Adriaan Hugense, Aagtekerke, Walcheren, NL († 1928)
• Aberdina Duijzer, St. Annaland
• Albert Blount Seale, Bevilport, Jasper, Texas († 1943)
• Albertus Westhoff, Sneek
• Adriana SCHILP, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Adriana Maria Korevaar, Rotterdam († 1913)

• Anna Elise Christine Peltzer (2), Soerabaya, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya), Indonesië
• Aartje Klok (2), Nijkerk
• Adewina van Dingstee (90), Voorst
• Anna Catrina Offerein (4), Diever,Drenthe,Netherlands
• Anna Gloudina VISSER (48)
• Anna Catherina Plasschaert (77), Bassevelde, B
• Arie de Waard (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Hendrix (70), Schaffen, 3290, Diest, België
• ARIE DOVES (10), WIERINGEN
• Adamina van Dingstee, Voorst (Zwollerkerspel), Overijssel, Nederland

• 1858 » Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1862 » Nathaniel Reed, American criminal († 1950)
• 1868 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician († 1923)
• 1869 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Turkish-Armenian businessman and philanthropist († 1955)
• 1869 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines († 1964)
• 1872 » Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1940)
• 1874 » Grantley Goulding, English hurdler († 1947)
• 1874 » J. C. Leyendecker, German-American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1876 » Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader († 1964)
• 1876 » Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet and activist († 1924)

• 1792 » Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (b. 1713)
• 1801 » Paul I, Russian emperor (b. 1754)
• 1842 » Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)

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.
• August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
• 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 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
• December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The temperature on March 23, 1861 was about 10.9 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.