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• Amanda Jane Rawlings, Union twp, Hendricks Cty, In († 1863)
• Anna Maria Spaan, Langbroek († 1862)
• Adriaan Henricus Dionijsius van Gog, Tilburg, Nbr.NL. (Goirke) († 1925)
• ADRIANUS FRANCISCUS HERMANS, Brecht († 1891)
• Anna Katharina Görtz, Würms (Pruisen)
• Aaltje Palland, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Albertus Kleisen, Almelo († 1933)
• Aimé Alfred Baudry, Sauqueville, 76550, FRANCE
• Annegien Hoksbergen, Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1937)
• Annigje Hoksbergen, Kampen, Nederland († 1937)

• Adriaan Prinsen (77), Hilvarenbeek
• Allegonda van Ravensteijn (75), Bergeijk
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Roufs (4), Echt
• Adriana VISSER (23), 's-Gravendeel
• Aaltje Taekes HOEKSTRA (59), Nuis Groningen Netherlands
• Adrianus Cornelis PEL (0), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Prinsen (77), Hilvarenbeek
• Anton Heiker (1), Mariakron
• adriana VISSER (23), 's-gravendeel(zh)
• Antonie CASTELIJNS (46), Hoogeloon, 3766, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1850 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist († 1930)
• 1852 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1858 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist († 1935)
• 1859 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel († 1935)
• 1863 » Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author († 1930)
• 1864 » Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general († 1927)
• 1871 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop († 1940)
• 1873 » Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1944)
• 1873 » Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens († 1939)
• 1873 » Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer († 1916)

• 1793 » Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)
• 1797 » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)
• 1806 » Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
• 1808 » John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1831 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
• 1873 » George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)

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 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
• January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• 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).

The temperature on October 9, 1861 was about 20.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.