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• Anna Catharina Daalmans, Gouda († 1915)
• Aagje Kerseboom, Den Helder († 1934)
• Aagje Kerseboom (Kersseboom), Den Helder († 1934)
• Alida Catharina van Mourik, Asperen (Lingewaal) († 1891)
• Aagje Kersseboom, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Alfons Maas (Maes), Graauw en Langendam († 1861)
• Anna Maria Gertrud Vleugels, Klimmen, Voerendaal († 1931)
• Agnes Luise Vanselow, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• Akke Douwes TERPSTRA, Hitzum (Franekeradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Aafje (Aagje?) JONGEJANS, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Barbara Lederach Wismer (94), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• Arendje Catharina van den Berg (17), Vollenhove, Stad
• Annegien Keizer (40), Havelte, Drente, Nederland
• (l.l.) Boelens (0), Buinerveen (Borger)
• Adriana Maria Donker (23), Brouwershaven (Gem.Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Adelaide Sophie PRUVOT (73), Mennevret,02630, Frankrijk
• Antje Arjens Dijkstra (56), St. Jacobiparochie
• Franken (0), Zutphen
• van der Weerd (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Noordzij (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1853 » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist († 1895)
• 1853 » Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic († 1900)
• 1855 » William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation († 1898)
• 1858 » Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer († 1934)
• 1861 » Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator († 1944)
• 1863 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter († 1918)
• 1864 » Charles Williams Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors († 1948)
• 1865 » Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland († 1952)
• 1865 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician († 1928)
• 1873 » Colette, French novelist and journalist († 1954)

• 1832 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
• 1859 » F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
• 1864 » Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)

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 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• 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.
• December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on January 28, 1861 was about 8.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.