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• Anna Catharina Vets, Mol, België
• Aaltje Brouwer, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
• Alice Brouwer, Netherlands († 1948)
• - doodgeboren - van Piekeren, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1861)
• Anna Catharina Cleuskens, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1872)
• Adolf Verhelst, Harelbeke
• Adriana Maria Maes, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1929)
• Anna Catharina Aloijsia van der POEL, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
• Alida van der Pol, utrecht († 1862)
• Abraham maljaars, Oostkapelle, Zeeland, NL († 1863)

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• Abigael Bogaard (Boogaerd) (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Boer (44), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abigael (Bogaert) Boogaard (78), Rotterdam
• Anna Ruigrok (69), Maasland
• Anna Maria Bekhuis (4), Geesteren
• Anna Cornelisdr Ruigrok (68), Maasland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Govers (30), Bennebroek
• Anna (Antje) Cornelisdr RUIGROK (68), Maasland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelheid Louise van Erbach-Erbach (0), Erbach (Odenwald), Hessen

• 1846 » James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist and academic († 1918)
• 1848 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector († 1929)
• 1858 » Eleonora Duse, Italian-American actress († 1924)
• 1862 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player († 1902)
• 1863 » Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer († 1935)
• 1865 » Gustave Loiseau, French painter († 1935)
• 1866 » Josephine Sabel, American singer & comedian († 1945)
• 1867 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter († 1947)
• 1869 » Alfred Flatow, German gymnast († 1942)
• 1875 » Dr. Atl, Mexican painter († 1964)

• 1833 » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
• 1838 » Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
• 1860 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)

• 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 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.

The temperature on October 3, 1861 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.