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• Anna Francisca Catharina VAN PUYFELICK, Antwerpen, 11002, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Adrianus Jansen, Boxtel (Boxtel) (Noord-Brabant) († 1863)
• Anna van Rijn, Oestgeest († 1929)
• abraham van nek, nieuwendam
• adriana margrietha van BUUREN, meeuwen († 1950)
• Aart Wildeman, Ridderkerk († 1863)
• Alida Cornelia Charlotte Froehlich, Leiden († 1922)
• Aike Rouw, Sellingerbeetse gem. Vlagtwedde († 1941)
• Alida Koeleman, Wassenaar († 1861)
• Aaltje Peddemors, Enterbroek, Nederland

• Maatje Rottier (66), 's Heer Abtskerke
• Abram Krabshuis (73), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• adrianus (adriaen -melchior) melse Aerts (aerds) (87), etten-leur
• Anna Maria (Anna Marie) Claessen (111), Nederweert
• Anna Barbara Tobback (74), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Bloemen (0), Sneek
• Abraham Moll (61), Lissa, Wlkp., Poland
• Angela Adelheid Francica Wolbeck (26), Lathen, Emsland
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• Alberdina Bloeming (1), Dedemsvaart

• 1847 » Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician († 1935)
• 1853 » Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer († 1921)
• 1855 » Hubert Bland, English businessman († 1914)
• 1861 » Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player († 1899)
• 1861 » William Renshaw, English tennis player († 1904)
• 1862 » Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland († 1939)
• 1865 » Henry Lytton, English actor († 1936)
• 1870 » Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author († 1946)
• 1873 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings († 1957)
• 1875 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece († 1950)

• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)

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 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• 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.
• March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
• November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The temperature on January 3, 1861 was about -7.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.