About the day » Monday December 2, 1861Calender converter

• Alexander Simon, Mol, Antwerpen, België († 1931)
• Aaltje van der Woude, Zoeterwoude {ZH} († 1862)
• Adriana Kenter, Hoorn
• Adriana Wolfs, moergestel († 1950)
• Aaltje Bruintjes, Vollenhove († 1940)
• Aaltje Bruintjes, Ambt Vollenhove († 1940)
• Anna Kamp, Klaaswaal, NL († 1948)
• Adriana Wolfs, Moergestel, Gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Alfred Modeste Christiaens, Ouwegem († 1865)
• Aaltje Koelewijn, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1862)

• Adriana Van Der Hoeven (54), Rotterdam, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje VERDOUW (70), Zuidzande(ZE)
• Adriana Bakx (0), Oosterhout
• Adriana BORSTLAP (67), Brielle
• Barbara Flippo (48), Leiden
• * Wilhelmus (Willem) van den Dungen (41), Empel
• Wouters (0), Tilburg
• Barbera Flippo (48), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Pruijssen (64), Almkerk
• Albert Jans (67), Havelte

• 1846 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France († 1904)
• 1847 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager († 1939)
• 1859 » Georges Seurat, French painter († 1891)
• 1860 » Charles Studd, England cricketer and missionary († 1931)
• 1863 » Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1926)
• 1866 » Harry Burleigh, American singer-songwriter († 1949)
• 1876 » Yusuf Akçura, Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism († 1935)
• 1884 » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge († 1953)
• 1884 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet and author († 1958)
• 1885 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)

• 1814 » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
• 1859 » John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (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.
• March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
• 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.
• August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.

The temperature on December 2, 1861 was about 1.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.