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• Annechien Oost, Smilde († 1942)
• Aaltje Kikkert, Texel, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1895)
• Angeline Victorine Ghislaine Tonglet, Seilles, Luik, België († 1926)
• Amalie Schwarz, Schelejewo, Znin, Poland († 1944)
• Adriaan Johan van den Toorn, Amsterdam
• Andries Poelwijk, Kockengen († 1887)
• Adolph Hofmann, Seligenstadt, Darmstadt, Hessen (D) († 1896)
• Anthonie van Boven, Ellewoutsdijk († 1861)
• Antonius Johannes Hendricus Kroost, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Ditters († 1861)

• Annigje Verrips (38), Everdingen
• Adriana de Bruijne (0), Axel
• (Engelbert) Albertus Antonius de Groot (43), Oud en Nieuw Mathenese
• Angenitha Quint (55)
• Arie Jongejan (16), Zuidland, 3214, Nederland
• Berend Hendrik Te Loo (60), Aalten
• Arie Naaktgeboren (0), 's-Gravendeel (Zuid-Holland)
• Alijda van Wageningen (1), Amersfoort
• Charles Mink (52), Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine, United States of America
• Aagje Castricum (0), Beverwijk

• 1851 » Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist († 1940)
• 1852 » Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist († 1925)
• 1854 » Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba († 1921)
• 1855 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator († 1924)
• 1858 » Charlotte Scott, English mathematician († 1931)
• 1859 » Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist († 1947)
• 1860 » Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
• 1867 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater († 1959)
• 1868 » Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect († 1942)
• 1872 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator († 1949)

• 1831 » Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
• 1845 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)

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.
• March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
• October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
• November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
• December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
• December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.

The temperature on June 8, 1861 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.