About the day » Thursday January 17, 1861Calender converter

• *Gabriël Kil, Ossendrecht († 1941)
• Adriana Margaretha Michiels van Oostrum († 1940)
• Adriana Qualm, Zoeterwoude († 1914)
• add me to James Wooden, Elizabeth Jackson, Cavan, Ireland († 1949)
• Agatha Geertruida Vis, Wormerveer,Gemeente Zaanstad,North Holland,Netherlands
• Albert Schutte, Zwolle († 1941)
• Albertus Geerts Mannes, Helpman, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1941)
• Aaltjen Muller-, Neede, Nederland († 1945)
• Akke Rozenberg, Lippenhuizen († 1882)
• adriana LEEUWESTEIN, sliedrecht († 1929)

• Andries Faber (83), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Verheesen (50), Oud-en Nieuw Gastel, NL
• Alart Bresser (23), Beekbergen
• Adrianus Soeteman (67), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Anna Elizabetha Helsen (82), Zoerle-Parwijs, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adrianus Kok (62), Ammerstol
• Adriana Klasina Paalvast (3), Kethel en Spaland
• Steenbruggen (0)
• Alida Gerritsdr Paap (39), Zandvoort, NH, Nederland
• Agnes VERBRUGGEN (47), Haasdonk

• 1853 » Alva Belmont, American suffragist († 1933)
• 1857 » Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American engineer († 1935)
• 1857 » Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1941)
• 1858 » Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author († 1940)
• 1860 » Douglas Hyde, Irish academic and politician, 1st President of Ireland († 1949)
• 1863 » David Lloyd George, Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1945)
• 1863 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director († 1938)
• 1865 » Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand († 1951)
• 1867 » Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios († 1939)
• 1867 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player († 1934)

• 1834 » Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
• 1861 » Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821)
• 1863 » Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
• 1869 » Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)

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 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• 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.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• 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 January 17, 1861 was about -0.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.