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• (Seun) Biesman-Simons († 1861)
• Abel Boss, Hoogezand, Groningen, Netherlands († 1862)
• Aaltje Stormink, Wesepe († 1936)
• Aaffien Walma, Siddeburen († 1942)
• Arie de Groot, Zevenhuizen († 1951)
• Andries Fokko Johan Kamerling, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bernardina Meijknecht, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1862)
• Alphonsus Bogaert, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1939)
• Albert Doornbos, Slochteren († 1862)
• Adriana Maria Wilhelmina Dikkens, Breda, Netherlands († 1937)

• Aartje Willemse Geitenbeek (81), Leusden, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Faes (63), Noorderwijk
• Adriana Mostert (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend de Waal (85), Kaapstad, Zuid-Afrika
• Anna Catherina Leys (60), Wiekevorst, België
• Aaltjen Geerts (38), Zutphen
• aaltje van der WAAL (0), zuid beijerland
• Arend DE WAAL (85), Kaapstad (ZA)
• Antonie Kievids (68), Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonse Marie George Emile t'Kint de Roodenbeke (8)

• 1855 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop († 1939)
• 1856 » Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic († 1941)
• 1861 » Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter († 1904)
• 1866 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician († 1899)
• 1875 » Marie of Romania († 1938)
• 1877 » Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer († 1966)
• 1877 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1879 » Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
• 1879 » Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1969)
• 1880 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)

• 1804 » Sarah Crosby, the first female Methodist preacher (b. 1729)
• 1829 » Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)

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 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.

The temperature on October 29, 1861 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.