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• Anna Maria Claesen, Meerssen
• Aagje van der Schoor, Groote Lindt
• Anna Maria Elisabet van Bakel, Neerpelt provincie Limburg België
• Aaltje Schilder, Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1925)
• Adriaantje Beijer, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Carr († 1930)
• Albertus Johannes Hendriks, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1947)
• Anje Noordhuis, Warfhuizen gem. Leens († 1937)
• Alfonsus Johannis Olm van ., Vlissingen, Zld, Nederland
• - van der Helm, Vrijenban († 1861)

• Adolf Lozeman (70), Tongeren Wijhe
• Aaltje Trouw (0), Zuidland
• Adriana (Jaantje, Ariaantje) van Rossum (77), Utrecht
• Adriana (Adriaantje) van Rossum (77), Utrecht
• Adriana de Knegt (1), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendricus Laurentius Baert (74), Coewagt
• Annigje Bertelds Wind (72), Zwartsluis
• Age van der Wal (0), Menaldumadeel
• ... Koens (0), Beerta
• Alfred Jefferson Hammond (30), Manassas, Prince William, Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1849 » Henry Clay Frick, American businessman and financier († 1919)
• 1852 » Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1853 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec († 1942)
• 1861 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright († 1928)
• 1863 » Wallace Bryant, American archer († 1953)
• 1865 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright († 1932)
• 1873 » Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer († 1913)
• 1875 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian and author, founded Black History Month († 1950)
• 1875 » Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician († 1962)
• 1875 » Mileva Marić, Serbian physicist († 1948)

• 1807 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (b. 1723)
• 1813 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (b. 1744)
• 1819 » Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1818)
• 1851 » Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter (b. 1775)
• 1878 » Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843)
• 1915 » Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Thibaw Min, Burmese king (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)

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 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• March 11 » American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
• November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The temperature on December 19, 1861 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.