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• Aaltje Lassche, Wanneperveen († 1888)
• Adrianus Arie BOUMAN, Dordrecht († 1891)
• Andrew Moir, St Fergus, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland († 1933)
• "Maria Caroline" Johanna Eleonore Louise Stephanie Amelie Lichnowsky, Hradec nad Moravicí / Grätz, Tchéquie († 1933)
• Aaltjen Lassche, Wanneperveen († 1888)
• Andreas Stassen, Millen, Riemst (B) († 1926)
• Anje Reitsema, Wittewierum (gem Ten Boer) († 1944)
• * FLOYD MCCULLIC CREGGER, Chatham Hill, Smyth, Virginia († 1928)
• Aart van Ieperen, Benschop († 1933)
• Aagje van Erk, Stolwijk († 1929)

• Chesley Eli Cornwell (19), Germantown, Pennsylvania
• Augustine Lucile PROST (30), Landivisiau, 29105, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Abraham Stern (61), 's-Heerenberg
• Apolonia Griep (0), Yerseke,Reimerswaal,Zeeland,Nederland
• Angelina VERHASSELT (6), Liedekerke Belgie
• Catharina Adriana van Loon (83), Oisterwijk
• Abraham Nieuwland (7), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Bran (52), 's-Gravenhage ('s-Gravenhage) (Zuid-Holland)
• Apolonia Griep (0), Yerseke
• Anna Catharina Brussee (10), Haarlem

• 1855 » Ferdinand Hummel, German pianist, composer, and conductor († 1928)
• 1857 » Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian († 1933)
• 1859 » Macpherson Robertson, Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded MacRobertson's († 1945)
• 1860 » Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1860 » May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist († 1929)
• 1861 » William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia († 1917)
• 1863 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator († 1935)
• 1868 » Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1947)
• 1869 » Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic († 1945)
• 1869 » Walford Davies, English organist and composer († 1941)

• 1808 » Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1836 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
• 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
• 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)

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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• January 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
• February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• 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.
• September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.

The temperature on September 6, 1861 was about 18.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.