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• Adrianus Antonie Hogendoorn, Oudewater († 1937)
• Albert van de Werfhorst, Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1899)
• Adrianus Antonie Hoogendoorn, Oudewater
• Agatha Verdoold, Stolwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Abraham Dekker, Sint Annaland (Z)
• Adalbrecht zu Erbach-Fürstenau, Fürstenau (Dld) († 1944)
• Aaltje van der Heide, Steenwijkerwold († 1912)
• Adalbert d'Erbach-Fürstenau († 1944)
• Abraham Dekker, Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1937)
• Aagje Agatha Verdoold, Stolwijk († 1947)

• ANTJE SCHREVELIUS (66), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• Adrianus Beek (65), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan van Bezooijen (5), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Blakenbroek (70), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert SMITHUIS (0), Agelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigje den Hooglander (53), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Antonie Hoenderdos (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Willem van GENDEREN (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hoffecker Beery (54), Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
• Anna Petronella Korte (1), Edam

• 1849 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright († 1921)
• 1851 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver († 1913)
• 1856 » Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate († 1938)
• 1856 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer († 1905)
• 1857 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher († 1918)
• 1860 » Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1915)
• 1861 » Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum († 1949)
• 1862 » Émile Coste, French fencer († 1927)
• 1862 » Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder († 1912)
• 1866 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic († 1927)

• 1831 » Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)
• 1861 » Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)
• 1881 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)

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.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
• December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on February 2, 1861 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.