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• Andries van der Pijl, Emmikhoven-Waardhuizen, NB, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Spijker, Amersfoort (UT, NLD) († 1862)
• Anna Spijker, Amersfoort († 1862)
• Alberdina Clara Maria Baureis, A msterdam, prov. Noord Holland († 1917)
• Adriana Cornelia Goossens, Ginneken en Bavel († 1932)
• Alice M. Smith, Nevada, Wyandot Co., Ohio († 1942)
• Alexander Noe Soucie, Iroquois, Illinois, United States († 1916)
• Aldo Ardeen Allred, Tooele, Salt Lake, Utah Terr († 1934)
• Aaltje van Vlaanderen, Avezaath († 1931)
• Alphons Lambertus Henri Hubertus Heiden van der, Wijler, Duitsland

• Angela Francisca Tuytten (58), Klerken
• "Martinus" Marten Gijsbers Giesbers Gisbers Marten Gijsbers (76), Heumen
• Andries Frederik van de Laar (64), Amsterdam
• Adriana (Adriaantje, Ariaantje) Griffioen (44), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ageda Willemsdr VERLOOP (51), Katwijk aan Zee
• Ariaantje Greiffioen (44), Bussum
• Ann Cornwell (47), Fauquier, Virginia, United States
• Antonius Christiaan Kleijweg (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van Beers (47), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arendine ten Bolscher (83), Rijssen

• 1850 » Leonard Darwin, English soldier, eugenicist, and politician († 1943)
• 1850 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet († 1889)
• 1855 » Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor († 1889)
• 1858 » Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter († 1899)
• 1859 » Archibald Peake, English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia († 1920)
• 1863 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany († 1946)
• 1866 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1869 » Ruby Laffoon, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky († 1941)
• 1869 » Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish poet, playwright, and painter († 1907)
• 1870 » Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist († 1954)

• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)

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.
• February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
• November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

The temperature on January 15, 1861 was about -10.7 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.