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• Abraham du Prie, Leiden († 1905)
• Ten Haaf († 1861)
• Adriana Veraart, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1904)
• Adrianus Cornelis Naaijkens, Tilburg
• Adriana van Hussen, Utrecht († 1942)
• Abraham HERS, Ooltgensplaat,, Pays-Bas († 1875)
• (w) Douteil, Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Wilemina Teeuwen, Vianen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1930)
• Anna van der Smissen, Hoeven, Nederland († 1864)
• Albert van Rein, Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1936)

• Andreas Driessen (81), Groessen (Duiven) Gld
• MEIJER (0), Westerdiep (Veendam), Groningen, Nederland
• Albert van Tol, Texel
• Albert Jan Riphagen (6)
• Anna Houkedina Raatjes (0), Oudeschans, Nederland
• Anna de Bok (0), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hoekstra, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Aleida Walters (49), Wageningen, Nederland
• Laurentia Laurina Baaten (54), Steenbergen
• Raaijman (0), IJsselhunten, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1831 » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone († 1900)
• 1859 » Horace Hutchinson, English golfer († 1932)
• 1862 » Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)

• 1818 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)

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 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• March 11 » American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
• November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

The temperature on May 16, 1861 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.