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• Adrianus Alouisius van Puijfelik, Tilburg
• Aaffien Smid, Nieuw Buinen († 1954)
• Akke Katsma, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Adrianus Cornelis Vernooij, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1933)
• Anna Elisabeth Ketelslegers, Romershoven, Hoeselt, Limburg, België († 1861)
• Aaltje van Leer, Herwijnen († 1932)
• Aagte van den Berg, Genemuiden, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Nederland († 1938)
• Bluekens Maria Elisabeth, Baarle-Hertog, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1864)
• Aaltje Teerds, Nieuwpoort, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1861)
• Aagte van den Berg, Genemuiden († 1938)

• Aaltje Ent (41), Edam
• "Caroline" Franziska Dorothea Josephine Maria Katharina zu Isenburg-Büdingen (51), Mannheim, Allemagne
• Anna (Johanna) Terwen (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Romig (36), Middlebury, Elkhart County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Margaretha Leuring (65), De Koog (Texel, NH)
• Anna Maria Petronella Spilthooren (66), Gent (B)
• Aaltje Berends Pander (73), Nieuwleusen
• Adriaan de KOK (62), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Veermans (66), willemstad (noord brabant)
• Adriaan de Kok (62), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1857 » M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist († 1935)
• 1860 » Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer († 1931)
• 1860 » William Corless Mills, American historian and curator († 1928)
• 1866 » Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar († 1957)
• 1870 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright († 1938)
• 1870 » Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman († 1929)
• 1873 » Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist († 1960)
• 1873 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint († 1897)
• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (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 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
• February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• 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.
• August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

The temperature on January 2, 1861 was about -9.2 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.