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• Alida Heemskerk, Noordwijk († 1917)
• Adèle de Larminat, Beaurieux, Aisne, France († 1917)
• Abraham Witmondt, Amsterdam, N-Holl,NL († 1932)
• Alouisius Josephus Cornelis Van Der Heijden, Weert (NL)
• Adriana OOSTERS, Oud-Beijerland, NL-ZH
• Abra Maria Hennip, Nieuw-Helvoet († 1944)
• Andriette Francina Kriellaart, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus HITZERT, Zuid-Beijerland († 1863)
• Adolphe jeune Drion du Chapois, Gosselies, Château du Chapois († 1945)
• Aloysius Debruyne, Woumen,West-Vlaanderen,België

• Anna Thijssen, Groesbeek, Nederland
• Albert Jans Harsevoort (60), Vollenhove
• Aaltje Groot Bramel (73), Warnsveld
• Franciscus Cleiren (45), Berendrecht(België)
• Aaltjen Grootbramel (73), Warnsveld
• Alphonse Boons‏ (0), Meerhout, België
• Adriana Joannes ANTENS (54), Hoeven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• + Rachel (0)
• Anna Christina Van Osselaer (66), Zwijndrecht, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Maria Kuipers (84), Elen (Belgie)

• 1858 » Giuseppe De Sanctis, Italian painter († 1924)
• 1858 » Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor and educator († 1928)
• 1859 » Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator († 1937)
• 1862 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and author († 1943)
• 1863 » Max Wolf, German astronomer and academic († 1932)
• 1864 » Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss historian and critic († 1945)
• 1867 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator († 1938)
• 1867 » William Brede Kristensen, Norwegian historian of religion († 1953)
• 1868 » Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist and anatomist († 1946)
• 1870 » Clara Immerwahr, Jewish-German chemist and academic († 1915)

• 1796 » Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (b. 1710)
• 1824 » Étienne Aignan, French playwright and translator (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
• 1876 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (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 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
• January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• 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.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

The temperature on June 21, 1861 was about 19.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.