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• Anna Pieternella Vishoek, Rotterdam († 1932)
• Anje Norden, Westerwijtwerd, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland († 1934)
• Alphons Leopold Joseph GOUFFAUX, Liege, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Andries Dobber, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• (Stillborn) KOOPS, Soest Utrecht Netherlands († 1861)
• Aalf Klaaszn. Steen, Westerbroek, Nederland († 1920)
• Angelina Van Vlasselaer, Werchter, Brabant, Belgie († 1910)
• Adriana Jacoba van Aken, Goes († 1950)
• Aagje de Ridder, polder Waalenburg (Texel) († 1861)
• Aaltje van Balen, Oudezijl (gem. Nieuweschans) Groninge, Nederland († 1861)

• Anna Elisabeth Beukers (67), Schiedam
• Andries JANSEN (0), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia (Teune) VAN HARXEN (69), Lichtenvoorde (Oost Gelre), Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Beukers (67), Schiedam
• Arendje Luijendijk (67), Middelharnis, Nederland
• Antonie Van Domselaar (22), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus (Arie) van Stralen \ Straalen (53), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Margarita Voormolen (56), Nieuwpoort
• Ariaantje van der GIESSEN (73), Strijen
• Aagje de Ridder (0), polder Waalenburg (Texel)

• 1851 » Laza Lazarević, Serbian psychiatrist and neurologist († 1891)
• 1852 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout († 1903)
• 1852 » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1853 » Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Jewish Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright († 1909)
• 1855 » Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic († 1942)
• 1857 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer († 1891)
• 1859 » Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1862 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright († 1941)
• 1864 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day († 1948)
• 1871 » Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar († 1948)

• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

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 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
• January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
• November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
• December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
• December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.

The temperature on May 1, 1861 was about 14.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.