About the day » Sunday June 2, 1861Calender converter

• Annichje Boer, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1896)
• Aaltje Stein, groningen († 1948)
• Antje Pater, Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• (Stillbirth) BOEKELO, Oldenzijl, Uithuizermeeden
• Annichje Boer, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1896)
• Anna Christina Weegener, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriaantje Jelkes Faber, Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertinus Reginus ten Cate, Amsterdam {NH}
• Antje Rintjema, Dantumadeel († 1924)
• Adamus Schillings, Mesch, Eijsden († 1863)

• Camilo José Pereira de Faro (52), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Aagje Hoogeboom (4), Harenkarspel
• Bartha Rosvelt (ex Morkus) (42), Utrecht
• Aaltje Martens Noorbeek (4), Blokzijl
• Colette VERMEERSCH (73), Zonnebeke,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Auguste Louis Joseph MARESCAUX (0), Erquinghem-Lys,59193,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Alonzo J.W. Procter (2)
• Caroline Franziska Dorothea Josepha Maria Katharina von Isenburg, Prinzessin von Isenburg-Birstein (51), Mannheim, Großherzogtum von Baden, German Empire
• André Chambord (60), Orsennes, 36146, France
• Adriana Sijmons (39), Dongen

• 1857 » Edward Elgar, English composer and educator († 1934)
• 1857 » Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1861 » Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager († 1935)
• 1863 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1942)
• 1865 » Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism († 1960)
• 1865 » George Lohmann, English cricketer († 1901)
• 1869 » Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager († 1937)
• 1875 » Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan († 1973)
• 1878 » Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader († 1912)
• 1881 » Walter Egan, American golfer († 1971)

• 1806 » William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)
• 1853 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)

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 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
• July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• 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.
• 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 June 2, 1861 was about 14.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.