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• Anna Petronella Maria MEUWESE, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Maria Trestorff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Anna Maria ten Hooven, Amsterdam († 1919)
• Adolph Arnoldus Karel Steinmetz, Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands († 1903)
• Andries Jacobus Kemper, velsen († 1936)
• Agnes Emelia Wilhelmina van Eijl, Tilburg († 1882)
• Aaltien Ensink, Oosterhesselen († 1891)
• Adrianus Alders, Rotterdam
• abraham Duininck, sluis (z), huisnr. noord 141 († 1862)
• Broos, Hoeven († 1861)

• Albertje WILLEMS
• Anna Elisabeth van der Spek (0), Wassenaar
• Abraham De Jager (48), Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aarnout Joosse (0), Westkapelle
• Anna Maria van Osch (77), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertus Franciscus De Vlieghere (58), Sint-Pieters-op-de-Dijk
• Aleidis Agterbos (39), Lonneker
• Anna WILDSCHUT (69), Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartje Vlijm (0), Elspeet
• Albert Valk (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1854 » Hugh Massie, Australian cricketer († 1938)
• 1856 » Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer and rugby player († 1903)
• 1859 » Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek historian and author († 1939)
• 1862 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State († 1948)
• 1862 » William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic († 1938)
• 1864 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist († 1943)
• 1866 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1953)
• 1867 » Mark Keppel, American educator († 1928)
• 1869 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal († 1943)
• 1871 » Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner († 1940)

• 1856 » Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1831)
• 1861 » Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (b. 1824)
• 1873 » Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)
• 1890 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)
• 1894 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)
• 1902 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 » James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)

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 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

The temperature on April 11, 1861 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.