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• Anna Postuma, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Aaltiena Margaretha Oldenbandringh († 1926)
• Adriana Anthonis, Duizel en Steensel
• Amalie Krämer, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adrianus Victor Noel VANDERHENST, Hasselt (Limburg) (B) († 1929)
• Adrianus Johannes Janssen, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Aart Hendrikse Smink, Hoogland († 1944)
• Adrianus Johannes Jansen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Adriana Antonis, Duizel
• Aaltje de JONGE, Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland († 1862)

• Abraham Willem Pauw (74), Utrecht
• Carel Johannes Esterhuizen (64)
• Adrianus, Henricus, Davidus Wepster (33), Batavia, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya), Indonesië
• Apolonia (Pleutntje) Ammerlaan (51), Schipluiden
• Apolonia Ammerlaan (51), Schipluiden
• Catharina Truyen (58), Olen, België
• Aplonia Ammerlaan (51), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Apollonia van den Enden (0), Mijnsheerenland
• Arnoldus Royakkers (81), Mierlo, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus Davidus Wepster (33), Batavia, Indonesië

• 1855 » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer († 1942)
• 1859 » John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand († 1935)
• 1861 » Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer († 1939)
• 1862 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist († 1900)
• 1863 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France († 1933)
• 1866 » John Beresford, Irish polo player († 1944)
• 1866 » Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author († 1896)
• 1867 » Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic († 1925)
• 1867 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland († 1935)
• 1868 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic († 1951)

• 1791 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)

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 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
• November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
• December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on December 5, 1861 was about -2.4 °C. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.