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• ANDREA KAROLINE NIKOLAISEN, BO I VESTERêALEN († 1947)
• Antonie Abbenbroek, Goudswaard († 1944)
• Antje Swijgman, Nieuw Beerta gemeente Oldambt Groningen († 1921)
• Antonie STEMPHER, Deventer († 1876)
• Aart Wolters, Abbenbroek († 1919)
• Antje van Winkel, Aarlanderveen († 1907)
• Antje van Winkel, Aarlanderveen († 1907)
• Alida Bodde, GORINCHEM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Aart Wolters, Abbenbroek
• Agnes Luise Antonie Lehmann, Berlin, Berlin, Germany († 1943)

• Anna Elisabeth Struiving (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Jan Raben, Didam 71 jaar oud
• Bastiaan de Reus (31), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana (Adriaantje) Van Someren (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Martinus Duisbergen Visser (0), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Martinus Duisbergen Visser (0), Zevenhuizen
• Aloys Deruyter (1), Klerken
• Ate Hoek (66), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aaltje Muilwijk (63), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Saapke Slim (0), Vrouwenparochie

• 1843 » Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer († 1932)
• 1849 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer († 1945)
• 1856 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany († 1921)
• 1857 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic († 1911)
• 1861 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek playwright and composer († 1917)
• 1873 » Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1874 » Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1874 » Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic († 1949)
• 1876 » Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming († 1977)
• 1878 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player († 1938)

• 1797 » Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic (b. 1723)
• 1830 » John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
• 1846 » Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
• 1872 » Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
• 1883 » Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1894 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)
• 1918 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)

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.
• May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
• July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
• August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
• 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.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

The temperature on November 29, 1861 was about 8.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.