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• Adrianus Romeijnders, Lith, Nederland († 1927)
• Adrianus Anthonij Geleijns, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Alphonse SAELENS, Wortegem, België
• alexandre rupert BERTIAUX, Quaregnon (Belgium)
• Anna Cornelia van Poppelen, Zevenbergen († 1934)
• Adriana Jacoba van der Ende, Kethel en Spaland, Nederland
• Alida Verhoef, Schalkwijk († 1900)
• Anna Margaretha Lübbers, Bokel († 1909)
• Adrianus Johannes van den Heuvel, Mierlo († 1928)
• Albertus Bosman, Dijkhuizen (Ruinerwold) († 1861)

• Abram Prins (59), Alkmaar (Noord-Holland)
• Adriaan Catharinus Holtius Lans
• abraham prins (59), alkmaar (noord holland)
• Agathe Susanne Jeanne Methorst (34), Leiden
• Anna Maria Baljé (0), Vlissingen
• Anna Catharina Van Itterbeek (61), Dilbeek
• Aagtje \ Aagje Heman \ Heeman \ Zeeman (74), Broek op Langedijk
• Ames Parmalee (15)
• Anna Jacoba van Keulen (47), Rijswijk (Maurik) (GL)
• Agatha Susanna Jeanne Methorst (33)

• 1862 » Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter († 1947)
• 1863 » Walter James, Australian politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia († 1943)
• 1867 » Cy Young, American baseball player and manager († 1955)
• 1869 » Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar († 1943)
• 1869 » Sir Edwin Lutyens, British architect († 1944)
• 1870 » Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain († 1904)
• 1871 » Tom Hayward, English cricketer († 1939)
• 1872 » Hal Colebatch, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Western Australia († 1953)
• 1873 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Jewish-Italian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1874 » Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States († 1944)

• 1826 » Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic (b. 1751)
• 1829 » Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1759)
• 1848 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
• 1855 » Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
• 1888 » Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1891 » Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
• 1891 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
• 1900 » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)

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 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• 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.

The temperature on March 29, 1861 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.