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• Agnes Graham († 1937)
• Albert Vork, Holland, Michigan, u.S.a († 1934)
• Adriaan Lobbezoo, Krabbendijke
• Ann Maria Johnson, Northchapel, Sussex, England († 1942)
• Anna Maria van Ballegooijen, Sprang, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1940)
• Adriana van der Heijden, Wintelre († 1867)
• Alexander Hufford Ratliff, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1903)
• Adriana Maria Maes-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1861)
• Adriana Dubbelaar, Katwijk aan Zee
• Adriana Dubbelaar, Katwijk († 1863)

• Catharina Maria Koene (0), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Graveth (Gravet) (42), Boxmeer, Boxmeer, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Havermans (83), Baarle-Nassau
• Anna Bontenbal (2), Haarlem
• Anna Margaretha Sprenger (9), Merum,, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries van Tatenhove (1), Axel
• Adriana Cornelia Frooijen (Troeijen) (47), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Catharina Maria Koene (0), ,, Wateringen, Nederland
• Anje Werkman (0), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Berendje Johanna Wilhelmina Kwint (0), Renkum(Oosterbeek)

• 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
• 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
• 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)
• 1865 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1866 » Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1937)
• 1868 » August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi († 1951)
• 1868 » Mariano Trías, Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines († 1914)
• 1872 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator († 1958)
• 1874 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager († 1942)
• 1875 » Aleister Crowley, English magician and author († 1947)

• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)

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.
• January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.

The temperature on October 12, 1861 was about 12.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.