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• Aleida van Drie, Hoogland († 1866)
• Alexander Benedictus van Gelder, Den Haag
• Alida Knegjes, Beverwijk (Noord-Holland) († 1927)
• Agnes Smith, England († 1920)
• Achilles Alphonse van Motman († 1916)
• (w) Dreisbach, Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Albert Emilie George Constant Gustaaf Eelders, Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Anna Isabella Stuijts, Berendrecht (B) († 1862)
• Adriana Vader, Grijpskerke, Walcheren, NL († 1931)
• Adrianus Nugteren, Alblasserdam

• Anna Adriana van Dis (31), Willemstad
• Arie Spruit (83), Haastrecht
• Antje van Ee (52), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Willem Hendrik Dijs (0), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Adriana van Dis (31), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Spruijt (83), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Dols (0), Leijenbroek/Sittard
• Allegonda Claessens (31), Venray, Li.NL
• Albert van BREDERODE (21), Den Haag
• Anna Adriana Dis van (31), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1847 » Koos de la Rey, South African general († 1914)
• 1850 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia († 1908)
• 1858 » Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein († 1921)
• 1859 » Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria († 1949).
• 1865 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator († 1943)
• 1870 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1870 » Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet († 1945)
• 1873 » Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat († 1950)
• 1873 » Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator († 1906)
• 1875 » David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician († 1962)

• 1847 » Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
• 1853 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
• 1859 » Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Lewis Majendie, English politician (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (b. 1846)
• 1902 » Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
• 1914 » Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)

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 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
• 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 22, 1861 was about 17.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.