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• Ana Eugênia Nogueira da Gama, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1884)
• Anna Maria Catharina KLINKERS, Wittem († 1937)
• Aaltje Tieks, Gieterveen (Gieten) († 1948)
• Andries Korperaal, Sliedrecht († 1861)
• Aafje Langedijk, Hoogwoud († 1928)
• Adriana Dikstra, Zwijndrecht († 1948)
• Angelus Devrindt, Tongerlo (2260, Antwerpen)
• Adrianus Maes, Herenthals, Antwerpen, België († 1950)
• Aalbert Schimmel, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida den Hartog, Everdingen, Nederland († 1941)

• Antoon MILISSEN (75), Borgloon,Limburg,Belgium
• Aaltje Jaring Boersma (36), Leeuwarderadeel
• Aaltje Jarigs Boersma (36), Wirdum
• Antonius Tuinman (71), Ommerschans
• Anna Catharina VAN POORTEN (69), Hengstdijk, Nederland
• Aaltje Tennekes (27), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annegje Sikkens Leunge (69), Assen
• Anna Catharina VAN DEN BROECK (83), Rumst, 11037, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Andries SCHUTTER (45), Mijnsheerenland
• Annegien Sikkens LUINGE (69), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1843 » Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general († 1882)
• 1844 » Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina († 1909)
• 1853 » Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist († 1917)
• 1863 » Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1919)
• 1864 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author († 1936)
• 1866 » Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician († 1934)
• 1876 » Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer († 1964)
• 1880 » Liberato Pinto, Portuguese colonel and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1949)
• 1881 » Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1882 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician († 1937)

• 1833 » Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
• 1862 » William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)

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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• 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).
• November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.

The temperature on September 29, 1861 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.