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• Aaltje Helmig, Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Maria Noijens, Etten en Leur († 1955)
• Anna Maria Margaretha Freickmann, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany († 1930)
• Afien Siekman, Garnwerd (Ezinge) Gem Winsum († 1883)
• Albertus Kleisen, Ambt Almelo († 1933)
• Anna Maria Nooijens, Etten-Leur, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1955)
• Adriaan Henricus Dionijsius van Gog, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1925)
• Albert Heinrich Fischer, Addison Township
• Adriana de Waard, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1900)
• Amanda Jane Rawlings, Union twp, Hendricks Cty, In († 1863)

• Antonius Castelijns (46), Hoogeloon
• adriana VISSER (23), 's-gravendeel(zh)
• FAULLE (0), Alligny-Cosne (58 Nièvre), France
• Aaltje Taekes Hoekstra (59), Nuis, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• (38), Gemeente Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Zijlmans (0), Raamsdonkveer
• Antonie de Koning (45), Oud-Vossemeer
• Adriaan Petrus Prinsen (77), Hilvarenbeek, Gemeente Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Prinsen (77), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Zijlmans (0), Raamsdonk

• 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)

• 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 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
• 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 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%.