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• Anna Scharmga, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1862)
• Alphonsius van Goethem, Sint Jansteen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1948)
• Andries Vlieger, Meliskerke
• Adrianus Jansen, Bergeijk
• Anna Paulina Stouthart, Berg-op-Zoom, Hollande († 1941)
• Alfred John Joseph Beasley, Belfast, Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia #803 († 1928)
• Anna Maria Fontein, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1891)
• Adriana den Haan, Nieuwekerk aan de IJssel († 1910)
• Adriana van der Giessen, 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
• Anna (1e) Scharmga, Groningen († 1862)

• van Herp (0), Zuilichem
• Aalt Franken Schuurman (70), Ede(Lunteren)
• Anna Catharina van der Wal (0)
• Antonia Cornelia Noot (0), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Theresia HAEGHEBAERT, Eernegem,8480,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Agatha van Houten, Abcoude Proostdij
• "Johanna Cornelia" KEMP (75), Dordrecht
• Anna Catharina Swagemaeckers (42), Ekeren, Antwerpen
• Annechien van Dijken (1), Groningen
• Alida Focks (0), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1851 » Henry Carter Adams, American economist and academic († 1921)
• 1855 » Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet and scholar († 1912)
• 1857 » King Kelly, American baseball player and manager († 1894)
• 1860 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco († 1937)
• 1864 » Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor († 1954)
• 1872 » Fred Marriott, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1873 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education († 1936)
• 1874 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon († 1937)
• 1877 » Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author († 1967)

• 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)
• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
• 1876 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
• October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
• November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
• December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on December 31, 1861 was about -0.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.