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• Akke Peterson, Murmerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1940)
• Akke Johannes Peterson, Murmerwoude († 1940)
• Aelko Muntinga, Oude Pekela († 1934)
• Adriana Buijzen, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1927)
• Adriana Maria Smoorenburg, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, NL († 1941)
• Anna Hubertina Dols († 1939)
• Aeilko Muntinga, Oude Pekela (Groningen) († 1934)
• Adrianus Schepers, Roosendaal († 1943)
• Alfred Bickerseth COOK, Loddon, Norfolk, England († 1929)
• Anna Maria van Neerbos, Dodewaard, Nederland († 1951)

• Catharina Peelen (84)
• Aagje van KOPPEN (68), Poortugaal
• Anna Maria Moberts (82), Wijlre
• Aafke Simons Penninga (6), Gerkesklooster, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Abeltje Freerks Sytsma (0), Hallum
• Colletta Bernardina de Pickere (81), Heille, Sluis, Zeeland, Nl
• Anna Cornelia Damen (43), Terheijden Noord-Brabant Nederland
• ?? Moret (0), Rotterdam
• Antje Knoll (25), Schellinkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna GORDTS (82), Pamel

• 1847 » Rose Scott, Australian activist († 1925)
• 1848 » Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer († 1932)
• 1850 » Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1860 » John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d.1932)
• 1863 » Edythe Chapman, American actress († 1948)
• 1864 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator († 1955)
• 1870 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer († 1937)
• 1872 » Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer († 1952)
• 1873 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum († 1949)
• 1873 » Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer († 1967)

• 1795 » Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
• 1804 » Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
• 1809 » James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
• 1821 » Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
• 1834 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)

• 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 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• 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).
• September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
• 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 8, 1861 was about 22.7 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.