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• Joachim Cornelis Schoenmakers, Raamsdonkveer († 1942)
• Adriana Dorothea Maria van Hooff, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Adrianus Marinus Kaspers, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Dorothea Maria Hooff van, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Adriana Johanna Francisca Maria Marcelis, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1918)
• Albertus Smulders, Berlicum († 1885)
• Aaltje Kwakernaak, Nieuwkoop († 1868)
• Angenietje van Loenen, Ankeveen (Wijdemeren), Noord Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• adriana SMITSHOEK, strijen († 1898)
• Anna Benjamins, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)

• Anna Francisca Martens (70), Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Aagtje Ouwerijk (23), Amsterdam
• Abraham Regeer (35), Leiden
• Antje Pieters Kraakman (42), Zuid-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Francisca Martens (70), Oudenaarde
• (Maria Marie) Ida Jacobs (56), Meerssen (Limmel)
• Adrianus VAN WAARD (76), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Kraakman (42), Zuid-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta Emerentia van Elsbroek (59), Nijmegen
• Alexander Hendrik Vrijheer van Arnim (62), Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen

• 1846 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized († 1878)
• 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)
• 1855 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company († 1932)
• 1864 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and manager († 1911)
• 1867 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece († 1922)
• 1871 » Frederick Converse, American composer and academic († 1940)
• 1874 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1876 » Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany († 1967)
• 1879 » Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and academic († 1946)
• 1880 » Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer († 1951)

• 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)

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 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
• September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
• 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 January 5, 1861 was about -5.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.