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Born on Wednesday January 16, 1861
- Amandus Van Graubergen, Aarschot
- Ana Eufrosina de Figueiredo, Nepomuceno, Minas Gerais, Brasil
- schouteten, Schimmert, The Netherlands († 1861)
- Anna Mathilda den Tex, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1944)
- Antje van Lunsen, Vinkeveen-Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1911)
- Anna DeBlaey, Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 1952)
- Anna de Blaeij, Town of Holland (Wisconsin USA) († 1952)
- Adrianus van der Meer, Voorburg (Leidschendam) Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1929)
- Antje Duin, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
- Albrecht Graaf van Stolberg-Stolberg, Stolberg, Saksen-Anhalt († 1903)
Died on Wednesday January 16, 1861
- Anna Palte (43), Vlaardingen
- Alexander Mok (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana Joanna VAN HOL (77), Lier
- Abraham van Dissel (10), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Dorothea Beitler, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
- Anna Elisabeth de Roover (42), Betekom, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Anneke OOMEN (63), Engelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Marija Neu (64), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adèle VILAIN, Paturages,7340,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
- Aaltje Diesman (81), Loosdrecht
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 16, 1861 at Delpher
- Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche courant : staats-, handels-, nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant : staats-, handels-, nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Nieuw Amsterdamsch handels- en effectenblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Utrechtsche provinciale en stads-courant : algemeen advertentieblad
- Nederlandsche staatscourant
- Leydse courant
- Rotterdamsche courant
Born on January 16
- 1851 » William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1936)
- 1853 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company († 1931)
- 1853 » Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general († 1947)
- 1853 » Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager († 1937)
- 1870 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia († 1942)
- 1872 » Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1973)
- 1874 » Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author († 1958)
- 1875 » Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician († 1949)
- 1876 » Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer († 1937)
- 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)
Died on January 16
- 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)
- 1856 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
- 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
- 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
- 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
- 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
- 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
- 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
- 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
- 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
Names that were popular for boys in 1861
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Klaas
- Hendrikus
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 1861
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Trijntje
- Neeltje
- Antje
- Elizabeth
- Mary
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1861
- 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 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
- January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
- February 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
- February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
- March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
- July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
Weather January 16, 1861
The temperature on January 16, 1861 was about -15.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.