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• Berendina Eggengoor, Radewijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 1932)
• Benno Reischl, Ampermoching, Dachauer Landkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany († 1904)
• Arie de Wit, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Uenk, Gorssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Berendina Krabbenbos, Woolde, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1931)
• Berendina ABBINK, Zelhem, Nederland, Gelderland, Halle
• Adrianus Nicolaas van Riesen, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aukje Hendriks Kuiper, Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Putten, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Arnoldus Brands, kampen

• Aaltjen Zomer (29), Ambt-Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Angelika Ouckama
• Anna Johanna Baroness Collot d'Escury (50), Huize De Groote Zegerij, Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aefke Hindriks Kamphuis (76), Oude Vallaat gem. Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Elisabeth barones Collot d’Escury (50), Brummen,Gemeente Brummen,Gelderland,Netherlands,huis de Groote Zegerij
• Aaltje Hopman (14), Zijpe
• Antonio De Olmus (41), Hacienda de Tlachichila, Nochistlan, Zacatecas, Mexico
• Antonius van Rijn (4), Den Haag
• Anna Maria Gijbels (66), Weert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Francisca VERRYCK (73), Turnhout Belgie

• 1838 » Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1901)
• 1840 » Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author († 1913)
• 1850 » Max Delbrück, German chemist and academic († 1919)
• 1857 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general († 1935)
• 1858 » Gustaf V of Sweden († 1950)
• 1863 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat († 1939)
• 1866 » Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan († 1935)
• 1874 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada († 1960)
• 1880 » Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author († 1963)
• 1882 » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran († 1967)

• 1849 » Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and scholar (b. 1780)
• 1850 » William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774)
• 1858 » John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician (b. 1813)
• 1862 » Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (b. 1808)
• 1869 » Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795)
• 1872 » Norman MacLeod, Scottish minister and author (b. 1812)
• 1878 » Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1878 » Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (b. 1781)
• 1881 » Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1885 » Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (b. 1818)

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 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• April 20 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.
• November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
• 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 June 16, 1861 was about 18.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.