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• , Gendringen († 1923)
• "Elisabeth" Sophie Gabrielle Anne du Val de Dampierre, Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France († 1896)
• Aaltje Meijerink, Ommen († 1911)
• Albert MENSINGA, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1923)
• Akke de Haas, Barradeel († 1866)
• Abbie May BERRY, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Anna (Annie) Jane Miller, Gladwyne, Lower Merion twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania († 1931)
• Albert Jozef Kieboom, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alberta Janssen, Angeren, Nederland († 1937)
• Abraham Nieuwenhoven van, Leiden († 1866)

• Anna Catharina de Nijs (69), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Wesdorp (66)
• Adriana van Empelen (4), Amersfoort
• Arie Noordam (0), Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Koene (12), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Claesdr van Wouw (66), Berkel en Rodenrijs,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Francisca VAN BELLEGHEM (87), Assebroek,8310,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Antje van Wouw (65), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Möhlmann (73), Heede
• Arie KLOOTWIJK (2), Numansdorp

• 1851 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System († 1931)
• 1866 » Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist († 1930)
• 1870 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician († 1933)
• 1870 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian († 1958)
• 1870 » Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet († 1925)
• 1878 » C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India († 1972)
• 1882 » Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher († 1945)
• 1882 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1950)
• 1883 » Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician († 1968)
• 1885 » Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic († 1973)

• 1831 » Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
• 1850 » François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
• 1850 » Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
• 1865 » Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)

• 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.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• 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.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
• July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.

The temperature on December 10, 1861 was about 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.