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• Aaltje Buijs, Cocksdorp
• Anna Margaretha Schulte, Neusustrum, Steinbild († 1904)
• Albert SCHUITEMA, Tinallinge (Baflo) Groningen Netherlands († 1927)
• Antje van Limbeek, Gem. Weststellingwerf
• Aaltje Buis, De Cocksdorp (Texel, NH)
• Antje van Limbeek, Weststellingwerf († 1946)
• Annechien Stötefalke, Eexta, Scheemda, Netherlands († 1941)
• Adriaan Biesheuvel, Aalsmeer († 1940)
• Adriana Johanna van Gorkom, Groningen († 1863)
• Alida Johanna van der Horst, Nieuwpoort (Nld) († 1928)

• Aaltje Jacobs Ketellapper (67), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Mooiman (65), Den Haag (S)
• de Vries (0), Vrouwenparochie
• Anna Maria Barbara van der Gaag (1), 's Gravenhage
• Arent Klaaszn Mooijman (65), Den Haag
• Arendje Koole
• Antonetta Jans de Kwaadsteniet (85), Hendrik-Ido-Amb
• - Lanting (0), Zwinderen
• Anna Catharina de Smit (69), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antonetta de Quaadsteniet (85), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, 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)

• 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.
• February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
• May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.

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%.