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• Anna Maria van Ballegooijen, Sprang, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1940)
• Abele Jozefs Brattinga, Woudsend († 1929)
• Adriana van Engelen, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1864)
• Agnes Maria Wilhelmina van Keulen, Breda, Brabant-Septentrional, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas
• Anna Christina Maria KEUNE, Amsterdam, 1000, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Albertus Jan Carel Hendrik de Lijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1932)
• Adriana Maria Maas, Tilburg († 1861)
• Adam BERNARDING, Aussen/D
• Aartje Hendrikse, Woudenberg († 1894)
• Anastasie Danis, Braine l'Alleu1939d, Belgie

• Bastiaantje Weeda (31), Geervliet
• Bastiaantje Weeda (31), geervliet (zuid holland)
• Anna Eva Adler (78), Bahlingen, Emmendingen, Freiburg
• Catharina Anseeuw (65), Wingene (BE)
• Anna Maria ROELOFS (63), Frederiksoord, Vledder, Drenthe, Nederland
• Augustin Henry Tenière (60), Le Bourg Dun (F)
• Barbara Margaret Bowman (66), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Arendje Adriaantje Krijgsman (1), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van den Berg (0), Sliedrecht
• Anthonie Frederik Wichers (43), Batavia NI,ni

• 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)

• 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.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
• March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
• September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.

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%.