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• Alberic Josephus Albinus Vandecandelaere, Passendale, België († 1929)
• Adriana Koevoets, Klundert († 1930)
• Aaltje EISING, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1885)
• Agnes Gertrudis Daamen, Linne († 1898)
• Alida Elisabeth Louise van Heusden, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
• ALBERT LASSCHE, Vollenhove ambt († 1937)
• Aldegonda Schuurmans, Achel († 1933)
• Aaltje Groot, Broek in Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Aaltje Schoute, Wormerveer († 1934)
• Adolph Gustav Rudolph Balzer, Alt Ruppin, Neuruppin, Germany

• Arij Hoek (61), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Van der Pluijm (69), Dussen
• Aafke Derks Nienhuis (67), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Even (75), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana van Loon (70), Tilburg
• Akke Douwes Jansonius (62), Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Ariaantje van Eijk (57), Zwartewaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam de Vos (78), Waspik, Provincie Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van loon (70), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arijaantje van Eijk (57), zwartewaal

• 1841 » Viktor Burenin, Russian author, poet, playwright, and critic († 1926)
• 1849 » Georg Luger, Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol († 1923)
• 1864 » Richard Rushall, British businessman († 1953)
• 1870 » Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor († 1954)
• 1871 » Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1937)
• 1872 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer († 1938)
• 1879 » Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player († 1962)
• 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
• 1882 » Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer († 1956)
• 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)

• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)

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.
• February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
• May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.

The temperature on March 6, 1861 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.