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• Alida Blokland, Herwijnen († 1950)
• Amelia Neifert, Rush, Schuylkill Co.Pennsylvania († 1939)
• Abraham Brittijn, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Adrianus van Hest, Tilburg († 1937)
• Agneta Hubre(g)ta Dagevos, Goes († 1916)
• Aaltje Ringnalda, Franeker († 1950)
• Adriaan Goedhart, Nieuw en St. Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1869)
• Abraham Brons, Vlaardingen († 1862)
• Alida de Groot, Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• ANNA CORA PHILLIPS, Bingham, New York, United States († 1923)

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• Adrianus van den Berg (18), Hamburg (D) op zee gebleven
• Albert van der Beek (2), Zuidhorn
• Agatha Johanna Breedveldt (37), Oldenzaal
• Antje ELTJES de Haan (57), (GR) Oude Pekela
• Anna Boois, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Korperaal (0), Sliedrecht
• Aaltje Jannetje Olijrook (0), Pernis
• Andreas Beljaers (50), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Antje Molenaar (0), Hoogkarspel, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1850 » Louis Lewin, German pharmacologist and academic († 1929)
• 1853 » Stanford White, American architect and partner, co-founded McKim, Mead & White († 1906)
• 1854 » Maud Howe Elliott, American activist and author († 1948)
• 1862 » Gigo Gabashvili, Georgian painter and educator († 1936)
• 1869 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1934)
• 1871 » Florence R. Sabin, American medical scientist († 1953)
• 1872 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian author and poet († 1941)
• 1873 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and surgeon († 1941)
• 1874 » Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist and academic († 1954)
• 1877 » Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of the Italian Republic († 1959)

• 1801 » Carl Stamitz, German-Czech violinist and composer (b. 1745)
• 1848 » Robert Blum, German poet and politician (b. 1810)
• 1854 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, wife/widow of Alexander Hamilton and co-founder of the first private orphanage in New York (b. 1757)
• 1880 » Edwin Drake, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1918 » Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1918 » Peter Lumsden, English general (b. 1829)
• 1919 » Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 26th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1848)
• 1924 » Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin (b. 1901)

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.
• March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
• May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
• November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
• 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 9, 1861 was about 7.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.