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• Adriana van Beest, De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Aaltjen Horsman, Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Akke Esveld, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands († 1871)
• Adriana van Beest, De Werken en Sleeuwijk († 1922)
• Antonia Lamfers, Maarn, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje Jansdochter DIENDER, Brunnepe, Kampen (Overijssel) († 1934)
• Aaltje Jansd Diender, Kampen, ov.nld
• Aart Johan van Walsem, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Diender, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adelhaid Baumann

• Anna Catharina Peeters (32), Luiksgestel
• Alden Giddings Todd (0), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
• Abraham Hendrik Berkenpas (0), Steenwijkerwold, aan boord
• Anna Maria Smets (0)
• Andrieske Kuiken (0), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Anderson (35)
• Antonie van Zundert (42), Etten-Leur
• Anna Margaretha Geuer (12), Bonn, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Aaron Hougland (61), Scott, Indiana, United States
• Agide Norbert Van Broeckhoven‏ (62), Geel, België

• 1844 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company († 1919)
• 1865 » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author († 1926)
• 1871 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church († 1943)
• 1872 » Emily Davison, English educator and activist († 1913)
• 1872 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States († 1946)
• 1879 » Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1944)
• 1881 » Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher († 1973)
• 1884 » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States († 1962)
• 1884 » Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1884 » Sig Ruman, German-American actor († 1967)

• 1809 » Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
• 1821 » John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
• 1837 » Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
• 1852 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1889 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)

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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• 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.

The temperature on October 11, 1861 was about 16.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.