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• Adrianus Olie, Pijnacker Nederland
• Aafje Wagemaker, Blokker, Hoorn,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Adrianus Pieter Verkerk, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 1919)
• Alida Olie, Wormerveer, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Olie, Wormerveer, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriana van der Vliet, Andel
• Aaltje Kranendonk, Poortugaal
• Thurkow, Assen († 1861)
• Alberts Garrelts TRAUERNICHT, ,GERMANY,Ostersander,Hanover († 1928)
• Aaltje Douwes Reitsma, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• Anje Meijer (40), Oosterhout, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansz Conijn (70), Egmond aan Zee
• "Félix" Joseph Xavier de Gourcy-Serainchamps (58), château de Mianoye, Assesse, Belgique
• de Jong, Kockengen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina van Houten (78), Arnemuiden (78jr)
• cornelia van der PLIGT (71), s-gravendeel
• Antje Jippes (Yeppe) Miedema (55), Arum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonio Valenti (52), Termini Imerese, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
• Catharina van Houten (78), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Possemiers (78), Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1848 » Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator († 1926)
• 1854 » Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author († 1929)
• 1856 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist († 1919)
• 1856 » Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer († 1917)
• 1857 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic († 1911)
• 1859 » Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1906)
• 1862 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright († 1931)
• 1863 » Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano († 1936)
• 1869 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales († 1921)
• 1869 » Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter († 1945)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

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 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
• November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.

The temperature on May 15, 1861 was about 12.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.