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• Arendje van ANTWERPEN, Sommelsdijk (Middelharnis), NL-ZH
• Aafke SIKKEMA, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1909)
• Hantje Meines, Hennaarderadeel
• Antonie van Laarhoven, Goirle
• Andrew Stephen Farnsworth, Beaver, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1862)
• Antje Smid, Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands († 1934)
• Arie Slagboom, Sliedrecht († 1862)
• Adriana Cornelia Mertens, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ada Louise Barnett, GEELONG († 1942)
• Arendina POT, Emmen († 1895)

• Cornelis Bezemer (37), Aarlanderveen
• Anna Maria Maria Anna Helmich (zie elders) (72), Zwolle
• Akke Janssen de Boer (64), Kuinre
• Cornelia Turk (8), Alkemade, Nederland
• Albertus Bosch (0), Hattem, Nederland
• Antonetta Bruggink (64), Dinxperlo
• Adriana van Meer (61), Steenbergen
• Dirk Yettes (Durk Yttes) Flapper (38), Nijhuizum, Heeg, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Bosch (0), Hattem
• Cornelia Frederica Hacke (44), Arnhem

• 1853 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist († 1919)
• 1853 » Sarada Devi, Indian mystic and philosopher († 1920)
• 1853 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1917)
• 1856 » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1858 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator († 1924)
• 1862 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager († 1956)
• 1865 » Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player († 1945)
• 1868 » Jaan Tõnisson, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941?)
• 1869 » Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic († 1931)
• 1869 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright († 1935)

• 1806 » William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)

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 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• 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 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.

The temperature on December 22, 1861 was about 4.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.