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• Annetje Poldervaart, Zwartewaal († 1875)
• Antje Luijt, Krommenie, Nederland († 1942)
• Antje de Jonge, Veendam († 1863)
• Andries Evertse, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1900)
• Anna Draaisma van Valkenburg, Leeuwarden, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Catharina Maria Wilhelmina Lührmann, Schinkel (Osnabrück), Hannover († 1926)
• adriaantje de RAADT, abbenbroek(ZH)
• Adrianus van Gurp, Princenhage, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Adda Fredrica Fitzsimmons, Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan († 1944)
• Albert Schrijver, Wilp, Voorst († 1948)

• Américo Antonio Aires (53), Araçoiaba da Serra, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriana Zuijderwijk (35), Wateringen, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Wamelink (43), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Dekker (0), Grafhorst, Ov, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Balk (5), Ezinge Gem Winsum
• Anne Catherine NEEFS (26), Leuven,3000,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Adriana van der Heijden (71)
• Antonia Maria de Almeida Lara (70)
• Antje Jans Bosma (36), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonetta Urbanus (23), Winschoten

• 1843 » Robert Koch, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1910)
• 1856 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher, theorist, and author († 1918)
• 1858 » Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright († 1943)
• 1861 » Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer († 1923)
• 1863 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic († 1941)
• 1872 » René Bull, British illustrator and photographer († 1942)
• 1873 » Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic († 1967)
• 1875 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician († 1962)
• 1880 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire († 1951)
• 1882 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet († 1921)

• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)

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.
• February 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

The temperature on December 11, 1861 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.