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• Agatha Pieterson, Naarden († 1944)
• Adriaan van Rooijen, Kats († 1892)
• Klaas Jacobs de Vos, Oldeboorn († 1943)
• Alida Catharina van Doesburg, Amsterdam († 1922)
• Aganetha Ens, Burwalde Colony, Chortitza, Ukraine († 1920)
• Andreas Wijnands, Haarlem († 1933)
• Adriana Elizabeth Dalm
• Aartje Verkerk, Groot-Ammers († 1922)
• de Ronde, Zierikzee († 1931)
• Agatha Margaretha van Isselt, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1895)

• Albertje Jacobs (Albertien) Drost (88), Schoterland
• Aart Willem Leeflang (45), Utrecht
• Aalt Nagelhout (41), Elburg
• Adriaantje Boer (70), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus van Egmond (68), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Son (66), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) IJBEMA (0), Niebert Groningen Netherlands
• Alida Louisa Verhoeff (45), Utrecht
• Abraham Verstraten (67), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Kip (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1852 » James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author († 1931)
• 1854 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer († 1925)
• 1860 » Emma Booth, English author († 1903)
• 1862 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company († 1934)
• 1864 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale († 1892)
• 1865 » Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist († 1943)
• 1866 » William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia († 1940)
• 1867 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1870 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1930)
• 1871 » James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland († 1940)

• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)

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.
• March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
• April 20 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
• August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

The temperature on January 8, 1861 was about -12.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.