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• Arij Hoogendam, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Annaatje Bruin, Den Hoorn (Texel, NH) († 1940)
• Ardina van Houtum, Engelen († 1900)
• Adrianus Cornelis Bartels, Leimuiden, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1881)
• Amelina Marie Schreiber, Schlettau, Annaberg, Chemnitz, Sachsen
• Antonie de Vos, Rotterdam
• Anna Vriend, Sijbekarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1902)
• van der Caaij, de Lier († 1861)
• Adriaan Karman, Colijnsplaat († 1938)
• Albert Lucas Brunsting, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1864)

• Antje Sipkes Weima (0), i/h schip, liggende te Stavoren, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Jonker (50), Blokker, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Curd, Sheppey, Kent, UK
• Aagje VLIEGENTHART (63), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Jacobus Peeters (2), Geel
• Antje Sipkes Weima (0), Stavoren, gem. Stavoren, Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Jakobs Kuperus (77), Ooststellingwerf
• Berend Kuperus (76), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Dirk van Boven (51), Vlissingen
• * Helena Baars (6), Arnhem, Gelderland, NL

• 1855 » Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin († 1925)
• 1856 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1922)
• 1862 » John Ulric Nef, Swiss-American chemist and academic († 1915)
• 1864 » Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist († 1915)
• 1868 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist († 1947)
• 1868 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1870 » Sophia of Prussia († 1932)
• 1871 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower († 1936)
• 1871 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer († 1946)
• 1872 » János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and author († 1936)

• 1825 » Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (b. 1754)
• 1837 » Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1864 » Leonidas Polk, American general and bishop (b. 1806)
• 1883 » Edward FitzGerald, English poet and author (b. 1809)
• 1886 » Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian director and playwright (b. 1823)
• 1887 » Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (b. 1807)
• 1907 » Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (b. 1830)
• 1907 » William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)
• 1908 » Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1914 » Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)

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.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
• June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The temperature on June 14, 1861 was about 19.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.