About the day » Monday October 21, 1861Calender converter

• Anna Maria Jacobi, Vaals († 1861)
• aagje BREITENBACH, oud-beijerland († 1864)
• Anna Catharina Kloeck, Stabroek
• Amy Serepta Alexander, Lewis, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1879)
• Adriana Dieleman, Axel
• André Mathieu Shepherd, Maastricht († 1953)
• Johanna Aleida Schukkert, Lonneker († 1943)
• Anna Catharina Lepelaars, Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Aartje Berghuis, Vierhouten (Ermelo) († 1933)
• Allegonda Maria Antonia van der Lee, 's-Gravenhage († 1863)

• Aaltjen Alberts KUIPER (92), Zwartsluis, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Netherlands 8064
• Judikjen Jans Ekker (73), Havelte
• aaltje kuiper(s) (92), Zwartsluis
• Antonie de Brouwer (69), Baardwijk
• Adriana de KANTER, Stratum, Eindhoven, 3547, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Altena (72), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje WALTMAN (0), Dubbeldam
• Antonius Zuthof (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Spruijt (83), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Alberts Kuiper (92), Zwartsluis (Overijssel)

• 1833 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize († 1896)
• 1845 » Will Carleton, American poet and journalist († 1912)
• 1847 » Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright († 1906)
• 1851 » George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer († 1898)
• 1868 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer († 1951)
• 1874 » Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961)
• 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)
• 1884 » Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress († 1957)
• 1886 » Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot († 1911)
• 1887 » Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar († 1961)

• 1805 » John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)
• 1821 » Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
• 1835 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
• 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)

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.
• March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
• August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
• November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
• December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on October 21, 1861 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.