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• Albert Jan Harmsen, Heerde
• Aagje van der Plas, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1924)
• Anna Maria Wilmes, Maastricht, Netherlands († 1917)
• Alida Duijndam, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Theophile Huysentruyt, Lendelede
• Berend Van Der Weide, Hoogeveen († 1924)
• Anna Maria Hubertina OFFERGELT, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adrianus Brandjes, Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Pesselen, Jutphaas, Utrecht, NL († 1932)
• Alfred CAMPBELL († 1917)

• Alida Helena Anna Dessing (9), Monster
• Alida Helena Dessing (9), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Helena Anna Dessing (9), Monster
• Adrianus Steenbergen (61), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Willemse (1), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Ravesloot (44), Renswoude
• Antje Sytzes Posthumus (2), Ooststellingerwerf
• Anna Geertrui Kluivers (73), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonetta Kop (2), Etten-Leur, Nederland
• Amos Bingham (80), Philadelphia

• 1845 » George Kennan, American journalist and explorer († 1924)
• 1848 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, geneticist, and academic († 1935)
• 1848 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright († 1917)
• 1856 » Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia († 1920)
• 1866 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager († 1940)
• 1868 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer († 1952)
• 1873 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author († 1908)
• 1876 » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic († 1962)
• 1878 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss († 1920)
• 1878 » Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator († 1951)

• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
• 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.
• August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

The temperature on February 16, 1861 was about 7.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.