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• Adriana Steenman, Zalt Bommel
• Adriana Maria Verweij, Moordrecht († 1920)
• Anita Maria Carroll († 1943)
• Anna Christina Salomons, Amsterdam
• Adrianus KONINGS, Rucphen (Sint Willebrord)
• alice maria ellisabeth metsch, amsterdam
• Afra Catharina Groot, Purmerend († 1908)
• Alberdina Antoinetta Monnik, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
• Anna Lee Carroll († 1943)
• Adriana (Fransdr.) Bouman, Schiedam, Nederland

• Aaltien Nijhuis (2), Utrecht
• Andrina BOLUIJT (4)
• Bernardus van Zutphen (62)
• Koppen, Muiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Luise Adele Helene "Margarethe" von Hacke + (0)
• Middelkamp (0), Almelo
• Arien Franken, Zetten
• Baarthout de Niet (23), Scheveningen
• Antonius Schippers (54), Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Spoormans (58), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1847 » Gyula Farkas, Hungarian mathematician and physicist († 1930)
• 1849 » James Darmesteter, French historian and author († 1894)
• 1850 » Kyrle Bellew, English theatre actor († 1911)
• 1851 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal († 1944)
• 1862 » Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1866 » Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer († 1902)
• 1868 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1936)
• 1871 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor († 1951)
• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)

• 1818 » Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
• 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
• 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (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 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.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
• November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

The temperature on March 28, 1861 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.