About the day » Friday May 3, 1861Calender converter

• *Benardus Hoogendorp, Oudshoorn († 1932)
• Aaltje Maria de Hondt, Groede, Zeeland, Nederland († 1866)
• Aafje Heijnis, Graft, Graft-de Rijp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adam Raat, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1882)
• Adolph Gustav Mann, Bethanien, South Australia († 1938)
• Aaltje Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder), Nijkerk, Nederland († 1944)
• Ailke Dijkhuizen, Loppersum († 1938)
• Aaltjen de Weerd, Deventer († 1950)
• Abraham Filippo, Leiden († 1916)
• Adriaan DUBBELMAN, Dubbeldam

• Abellina Alida Hazewinkel (2), Winschoten
• Albertus Overzet (0), Enumatil
• Adriaan Janse Laven (84), Scherpenisse
• Adriaan Laven (84), Scherpenisse
• Adriaan Jacob Laven (84), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Anthonissen (54), Meer, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Constantia Geldhof (66), Clinge
• Adriana Pieternella Klem (0), Delft
• Amelia Coleta Vanneste (73), Astene Oost-Vlaanderen
• Anna (Johanna) (Naatje) Hoebé (Oube) (78), Amersfoort, Utrecht Nederland

• 1849 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1929)
• 1849 » Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer († 1914)
• 1854 » George Gore, American baseball player and manager († 1933)
• 1859 » August Herrmann, American executive in Major League Baseball (d.1931)
• 1860 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist († 1940)
• 1867 » Andy Bowen, American boxer († 1894)
• 1867 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer († 1944)
• 1870 » Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein († 1948)
• 1871 » Emmett Dalton, American criminal († 1937)
• 1873 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine († 1945)

• 1839 » Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
• 1856 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
• 1856 » Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (b. 1788)
• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)

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.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
• July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.

The temperature on May 3, 1861 was about 3.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.