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• Aaltje Gerbens Pool, Wartena († 1943)
• Aleida Johanna Klaassen, Oosterhout, Gelderland, Nederland († 1863)
• Adriana Buijzen, Steenbergen († 1927)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Mijl, Dordrecht, Nederland († 1862)
• Aaltje Jansdsr Rood, Sijbekarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Adrianus (2) Dekkers, Lies († 1918)
• Adriana Maria Smoorenburg, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, NL († 1941)
• Anna Maria van Neerbos, Dodewaard (Neder-Betuwe) († 1951)
• Anna Bell Copeland, Wayne, Tennessee, United States († 1887)
• Anna Maria van Neerbos, Dodewaard, Nederland († 1951)

• Aaltje Jansen (71), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Simons Penninga (6), Gerkesklooster, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Damen (43), Terheijden
• Aafke Penninga (6), Achtkarspelen, Provincie Friesland
• Anna Maria Moobers (82), Wijlre (Etenaken), Limburg, Nederland
• Constantin Christian Wilhelm van Lippe Biesterfeld (50), Keulen
• Anna Maria Moberts (82), Wijlre
• Clara Mooiman (2), gravenhage-scheveningen
• Anna GORDTS (82), Pamel
• Aafke Symens Penninga (6), Gerkesklooster

• 1847 » Rose Scott, Australian activist († 1925)
• 1848 » Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer († 1932)
• 1850 » Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1860 » John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d.1932)
• 1863 » Edythe Chapman, American actress († 1948)
• 1864 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator († 1955)
• 1870 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer († 1937)
• 1872 » Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer († 1952)
• 1873 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum († 1949)
• 1873 » Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer († 1967)

• 1795 » Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
• 1804 » Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
• 1809 » James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
• 1821 » Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
• 1834 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)

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 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• 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.

The temperature on October 8, 1861 was about 22.7 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.