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• Adriaan Oomen, Oosterhout, Nederland († 1869)
• Albertus Houwaer, Kerkom, België († 1861)
• Kalker, Hoorn († 1861)
• Dittmar, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1861)
• Adriaan Verkerke, Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1862)
• Albertus Blokhuis, Tubbergen, 7651, Nederland († 1930)
• Aloysius DENYS, Staden († 1920)
• Alexander Johannes Rotteveel, Dordrecht, ZH, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus oomen, Oosterhout,N.B.,Neth († 1869)
• Amanda Elizabeth Fisher, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States († 1907)

• Antje Jans Velthuis (67), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bart KOOL, Dordrecht
• Bart Willemsz Kool (71), Dordrecht
• "Peter" Pierre Pierre (76), Bergen, NL
• Aafke HANIA (0), Leeuwarden
• Adriaantje Kamp (0), Ooltgensplaat
• Adriana Van Trigt (70), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Aukje Piers Piers (46), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Aukje Piers Piers (46), Grootegast
• Kalker (0), Hoorn

• 1844 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1900)
• 1844 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer († 1896)
• 1846 » Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant († 1888)
• 1848 » Susie Taylor, American writer and first black Army nurse († 1912)
• 1868 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright († 1955)
• 1874 » Charles Fort, American author († 1932)
• 1877 » Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)

• 1815 » James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)

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 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
• November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
• November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
• December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
• December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on August 6, 1861 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.