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• Alfred Benoit Wiart, Norrent-Fontes (Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk)
• Aleida Augusta Wullschleger (Wüllschleger)
• Albert Holsappel, Welsum (Olst-Wijhe), Overijssel, Nederland († 1893)
• Aartje Wesselina Spruijt, Nieuw-Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Kik, Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland
• (l.l.) Groeneveld, Willemstad († 1861)
• Aagje Zijderlaan, Polsbroek, Nederland († 1888)
• Anna van Rijzen, Voorhout († 1863)
• Johannes Helsloot, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Adriaan Kik, Noordgouwe

• Aaltje Schipbroek (85), Kootwijkerbroek
• Antje Maartensdr Weijers (63), lisse
• Penneman (0), St. Niklaas Waas
• Anna Vanaertenrijk (46), Sint-Truiden, België
• Antje de Jong (0), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Tegel (53), Den Helder
• Adriaan Eliza Hendrik Krook van Harpen (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustine Joseph HUTIN (LHUTIN) (45), Courrières,62710,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Aaltje Willems van Schipbroek (85), Kootwijkerbroek
• Arij BELLAERT (85), Gorinchem

• 1844 » Ernest Myers, English poet and author († 1921)
• 1853 » Lillie Langtry, English actress and singer († 1929)
• 1862 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author († 1900)
• 1870 » Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic († 1945)
• 1872 » Leon Leonwood Bean, American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean († 1967)
• 1873 » Georgios Kafantaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece († 1946)
• 1874 » József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician († 1948)
• 1876 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player († 1914)
• 1878 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest and author († 1952)
• 1879 » Edward Hennig, American gymnast († 1960)

• 1815 » Joachim Murat, French general (b. 1767)
• 1822 » Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor (b. 1757)
• 1825 » Maximilian I Joseph, king of Bavaria (b. 1756)
• 1841 » Patrick Campbell, Scottish admiral (b. 1773)
• 1869 » Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French poet, author, and critic (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher and author (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Samuel Freeman Miller, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1816)
• 1904 » Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (b. 1870)
• 1905 » Henry Irving, English actor and manager (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (b. 1849)

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.
• February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

The temperature on October 13, 1861 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.