About the day » Wednesday November 6, 1861Calender converter

• Anna Catharina van Moll, Eersel
• Andreas Hubertus Alphonsus Kerckhoffs, Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1863)
• Anson Hallock Watts, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1914)
• *Geert Eisses, Gemeente Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1899)
• Adriana Schuit, Heiloo († 1918)
• Anna Hubertina..... Bollen, Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg) († 1861)
• Antje Barf, Hollum (gem. Ameland) († 1939)
• Antonetta de Laat, Vlijmen († 1942)
• Anna Clazina van Dijk, Delfshaven († 1942)
• Adriana de Mul, Zaamslag, Zl

• Anna Catharina De Maeyer (70), Hingene
• Adèle Le Fevre, Caudry, 59540, Nord, France
• Aafje Jonker (6), Edam
• Anna Helena Eggers
• Allegonda Hendrika SMITS (70), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angelina P Olmstead (10), Turin, Lewis, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anton Constant Gustaaf Maria Schaepman (21), A./b. Ned. Koopvaardijschip "mentor"
• Arendina de Vries (2), Kloosterveen, Assen
• Klaas van der Wel (70), 's-Gravenzande
• Anthonia Gijze (38), Vlaardingen

• 1841 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician († 1915)
• 1851 » Charles Dow, American journalist and economist († 1902)
• 1854 » John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader († 1932)
• 1861 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball († 1939)
• 1880 » Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company († 1967)
• 1884 » May Brahe, Australian composer († 1956)
• 1885 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1935)
• 1887 » Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager († 1946)
• 1897 » Jack O'Connor, English cricketer († 1977)
• 1900 » Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting († 1941)

• 1752 » Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
• 1816 » Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France who died a bizarre death (b. 1752)
• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)

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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
• December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on November 6, 1861 was about 7.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.