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• Agatha van den Bosch, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Goossens, Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland) († 1887)
• Anna Joanna de Leede, Maasland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Huetink, Velp gem. Rheden Gld. NL († 1861)
• Alice Newlin, Parke County, Indiana († 1956)
• Abram Storm, Rotterdam († 1920)
• Anna Adriana Zondag, Schiedam († 1861)
• aimable marie hostingue, Portbail (Gouey), 50412, Manche, Basse-Normandie
• Adriana Lancee, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1866)
• Amelia Moons, Diest

• Anna Sjoerds Gorter (73), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Blok (54), Bodegraven
• Anthonie Jacobus SCHERBEIJN (62), Hoofdplaat, Nederland
• Anna Groesbeek (35), Brielle(ZH)
• Aagtje Kalverboer (64), Barsingerhorn
• Aagtje Simons(d) Kalverboer (65), Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Philips (0), Essen/Ruhr
• Anna Helena Philips (0), Essen/Ruhr
• Aagtje Simond Kalverboer (63), Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland (NL)
• Ann Clegg (68), Thornham, Lan, UK

• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)
• 1861 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress († 1931)
• 1871 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author († 1963)
• 1874 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier († 1955)
• 1878 » Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter († 1953)
• 1879 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician († 1964)
• 1880 » Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House († 1964)
• 1881 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey († 1938)
• 1884 » David Munson, American runner († 1953)
• 1886 » Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General († 1968)

• 1821 » Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)
• 1872 » John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1813)
• 1876 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
• 1895 » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
• 1898 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)

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 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
• January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• 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.
• August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

The temperature on May 19, 1861 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%.