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• Aaltje Verdoes, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Adriana Rovers, Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Op de Coul, Echt († 1950)
• Antje De Boer, Koog aan de Zaan,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Adrianus van den Tillaart, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1893)
• Agatha Knigge
• Aate Moes, Drogt, Drenthe, Nederland
• Agatha Gerarda van Eekhout, Vianen († 1902)
• Adriaan Bergmans, Bergeijk (NL)
• Aaltje Noordhoff, Leermens ('t Zandt), Groningen, Nederland

• Anna Maria Catharina DOOMS (78), Pamel
• Adriana Teunisd Middelkoop (0), Schoonrewoerd, zh.nld
• Alida Koeleman (0), Wassenaar
• Anna Catharina van den Boogaart (43), Delft
• Bruins Slot (49), Hoogeveen (Het Schut)
• Adriana van Wingerden (80), Delft
• Angenietje Maria van HERKEN (10), Melissant
• Kiel (0), Zijpe
• Anna Zondag (50), Rotterdam Zuid Holland
• Aalbert Hasselberg (klein Haselberg) (75), Zwiep (Lochem)

• 1839 » Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer († 1896)
• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)
• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)
• 1864 » Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author († 1928)
• 1869 » Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire († 1960)
• 1874 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1877 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet († 1943)
• 1878 » A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer († 1957)
• 1878 » Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator († 1961)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)

• 1825 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)

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 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
• February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
• 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 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 4, 1861 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.