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• Meulmeester, Middelburg († 1861)
• Anje Werkman, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1861)
• , Vlaardingen
• Anna Rosalina Vandenbosch, Vorst Kempen, 2430, België
• Andrew Taylor Jackson, Nephi, Juab, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1927)
• Anna Margaretha Klosser, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Anna van Flietstra (Vlietstra), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Johanna SCHUMACHER, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Adriana Van Donk, Alphen aan den Rijn,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Aagje van Leeuwen, Nieuwkoop

• Aaltje Eits (0), Noordwolde, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Eiberts Miedema (49), Minnertsga (Barradeel-Fr)
• Adriana Klop (9), Haaften (Gld.)
• Meulmeester (0), Middelburg
• Bartholemew Bartle (55), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Antonie van de Sank (0), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje van der Giessen (27), Mijnsheerenland
• Adriana KLOP (9), haaften
• Anna Hoffer (39), Németkér, Tolna, Hungary
• (48), Blankenberge, W. Vl., Belgi

• 1854 » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach († 1924)
• 1857 » Alice Henry, Australian journalist and activist († 1943)
• 1859 » Daria Pratt, American golfer († 1938)
• 1865 » George Owen Squier, American general († 1934)
• 1866 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist († 1952)
• 1867 » Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., American director and producer († 1932)
• 1869 » David Robertson, Scottish-English golfer and rugby player († 1937)
• 1874 » Alfred Tysoe, English runner († 1901)
• 1876 » Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler († 1968)
• 1877 » Maurice Farman, French race car driver and pilot († 1964)

• 1804 » Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (b. 1772)
• 1843 » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1843 » Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)
• 1854 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
• 1869 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)

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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• 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.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.

The temperature on March 21, 1861 was about 6.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.