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• Albert Kerkdijk, Den-Ham, Overijssel, Nederland
• Kroon, Sliedrecht
• Aaltje Hermanna Meilink, Borculo († 1862)
• Adrianus Versteegh, Buren († 1931)
• Albert Maywood Morgan, Scioto Co., Ohio († 1934)
• Adolphina Harmina van Solingen, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1861)
• Adriana Bressers, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1932)
• Adriana Cornelia ten Oosten, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1935)
• Aagtje Oomkens, Harkstede, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriana Cornelia ten Oosten, Amsterdam († 1935)

• Antonia Catharina Wilhelmina STEENHAGEN (5), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bienze Hiemstra (3), dokkum
• Catherine MUNCK (33), Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Catharina van de Pol (67), dodewaard
• André Cote (84), Rimouski, Québec, Canada
• Arie Moerkerk (59)
• Aariaan De Haas (75), Ochten, Gelderland, Netherlands
• antonia francoisdr LOOSE (26), mijnsheerenland
• Anna Theunisse van den Berg, Soesterberg
• Antje de Boer (81), Terschelling

• 1848 » Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator († 1909)
• 1854 » Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. († 1923)
• 1855 » José Malhoa, Portuguese painter († 1933)
• 1863 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1933)
• 1863 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer († 1929)
• 1865 » Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic († 1940)
• 1868 » Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic († 1908)
• 1868 » Lucy Booth, English composer († 1953)
• 1874 » Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1874 » Sidney Toler, American actor and director († 1947)

• 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
• 1858 » Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
• 1865 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (b. 1787)
• 1881 » Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
• 1883 » John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
• 1902 » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (b. 1839)
• 1905 » Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)

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 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
• May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
• May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.

The temperature on April 28, 1861 was about 8.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.