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• Annigje den Oudsten, Linschoten (Utrecht) († 1861)
• Adriana Christina Hintzen, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham FREDERIKS, Dirksland, ZH, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriana Christina Hintzen, Alkmaar, Noord Holland Nederland
• Antje Alberts Ybema, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruida Vogel, Soerakarta, Java, Nederlands Indië
• Annegien Mein Etten, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1861)
• Antonius Cornelis DIEBEN, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• A. Jozef Onkelinx, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 1935)
• Anna Margaretha van Groningen, Deventer {OV} († 1946)

• Aart Cornelisz Wals (71), Broek in Waterland
• Amalia Maria von Bissingen und Nippenburg (76), Baden, Autriche
• Alexander Rombaut (85), Temse
• Aart Harmensz van der Maaten (73), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Amalia Maria Anthonia van Bissingen-Nippenburg (76), Baden, Niederösterreich
• Adrianus Magielse (54), Klundert
• Aaltje Eerntses Blinksma (61), het Meer, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Allegonda Voesten (3), Venray
• Anna Maria Gertrud Kathmann (79), Hausstette, Oldenburg, Germany
• Anna Maria Ernestine van Robiano (32), Adendorf, Nedersaksen

• 1846 » Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator († 1901)
• 1849 » Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp († 1929)
• 1849 » Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist († 1934)
• 1856 » Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter († 1910)
• 1862 » Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist († 1930)
• 1864 » Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1930)
• 1866 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist († 1939)
• 1867 » Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet († 1926)
• 1877 » Edith New, British militant suffragette († 1951)
• 1877 » Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher († 1920)

• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (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.
• January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• April 20 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on March 17, 1861 was about 4.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.