About the day » Thursday November 7, 1861Calender converter

• Alice Irene Godfrey, Illinois, United States († 1940)
• Aart Kamerman, Veen († 1941)
• Almira R. 'Mira' Corbin, Otoe, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 1908)
• Allegonda van Run, Ammerzoden († 1861)
• Anna Gertrudis Neven, Wellen, België († 1862)
• Adrianus Cornelis Stam, Kralingen († 1867)
• Antonie Vosters, Reusel († 1947)
• Alida Johanna van der Horst, Nieuwpoort (Nld) († 1928)
• Annechien Stötefalke, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1941)
• Alijda Bloemendal, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1924)

• Andreas Van Looy (46), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België
• de Vries (0), Vrouwenparochie
• Aaltje van Essen (38)
• Abraham NATAF (0), Bône, Algérie
• August Schneider (35), Reddighausen, Kreis Frankenberg
• Barbara Elisabeth van Hilten (41), Amsterdam
• Arie Schouten (0), Polsbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arend Mooiman (65), Den Haag (S)
• Aaltje Jakobs Ketellapper (67), Weststellingwerf
• Antonius Bals (70), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1846 » Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer († 1907)
• 1851 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman († 1913)
• 1858 » Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist († 1932)
• 1860 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer († 1936)
• 1860 » Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic († 1892)
• 1861 » Jeff Milton, American police officer († 1947)
• 1867 » Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1872 » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist († 1956)
• 1872 » Lucille La Verne, American actress († 1945)
• 1876 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer († 1958)

• 1809 » Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (b. 1725)
• 1837 » Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
• 1862 » Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
• 1872 » Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
• 1881 » John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)
• 1906 » Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (b. 1881)
• 1913 » Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)

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 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
• January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• 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).
• 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.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on November 7, 1861 was about 7.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.